Upcoming Radio Program

For those of you in the Cincinnati area, I'll be doing a call-in radio program this Sunday, April 1 from around 2:10- 2:40 EST. The program is called Talent Wins, and it airs on 55 KRC (550 AM), a FOX radio station. I'd love to hear from you, if you can call in. The show is also available on line at www.55krc.com/pages/streaming.html

We've done many of these around the US, but each show also has some surprises - either in the types of calls we get, or the direction in which the host drives the conversation. The host of this program is also a career counselor, so I would expect this program to be more substantive than most.
Best,
Steven

Good advice, from Mr. Backus

Here's a random item - I love reading biographies and obituaries of successful people. It's amazing to read, time after time, how success came about only after years and years of frustration. We all know talent is rarely enough by itself - it also takes great determination and energy. Job seekers over 40 need to remember that!

In my Forbes.com article, I wrote that you should apply to every job where you feel like you are a good match, and follow up on your resume submission in creative, relevant, energetic ways. Don't be deflated by the fear of rejection. If you need a boost, take a look at the obituary of John Backus in today's NY Times. Who was John Backus? Well you might not be reading this (or anything else on a computer) without his contributions. He was the leader of the team that developed Fortran, the first widely used programming language. Fortran was 'the turning point' in computer software, and his work 'opened the door to modern computing.'
He suffered many many setbacks along the way, and he certainly had no guarantee of success. Here's how he dealt with frustration, and failure - he was talking about programming but he could have been giving advice to job seekers over 40, trying to overcome ageism:
"You need the willingness to fail all the time," he said. "You have to generate many ideas and then you have to work very hard to discover that they don't work. And you keep doing that over and over until you find one that does work."

So keep at it, and take a look at Jobs4.0 today - we've added a whole bunch of new jobs lately!
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/20/business/20backus.html?ex=1175054400&en=d76ca10764a7769f&ei=5070&emc=eta1

Best,
Steven

AOL then AWOL

My Forbes.com article was picked up by AOL and put on their home page this week - I greatly appreciate all of the emails I have recieved about it... I will respond to every one of them, so sorry for the delay, I am working on them every chance I get. Thanks.

I am working on my next articles now - as always, I'd welcome your input for story suggestions. Also, if you've ever filed an age discrimination suit and want to discuss it for an upcoming article, please let me know.

Please check out our site -we've added hundreds of new jobs this week - including jobs at Hartford Hospital, Allstate, KPMG, Firstcard Merchant Services, and many more...

Best,
Steven

And the Survey Says.....

"A national survey by the Boston College Center on Aging and Work shows many U.S. companies are not prepared for the shortfall in labor, experience and expertise that will accompany the retirement of the baby boomer generation. "

We've been saying this every day for 6 months, but it's nice to see a respected research institution confirm what we've known for a long time. Jobs seekers over 40 are going to become more and more valuable to employers in the next few years. Even the companies that fail to see the value that older workers bring (less training time, better work habits, more stability, more skill, etc) will be forced to start hiring older workers in the coming years.

There is an impending labor shortage (and shortage of expertise) in the US that most companies are completely ignoring. And the smart companies will start branding themselves now as being open to hiring older workers. Job seekers: you need to find those companies that "get it",and try not to be discouraged by the many employers that don't.
Steven

Here's a link to the national survey article: http://www.newswise.com/articles/view/528045/

"Mike and the Mad Dog" Weigh In on Jobs4.0?

Sometimes you get help from the unlikeliest of places... yesterday I was feeling a bit down, so I went for a short drive. I tune in to the legendary sports radio hosts "Mike and the Mad Dog" on WFAN in New York (people either love them, or hate them, or both), and they are in the middle of a discussion about sportscaster Dick Enberg, who started broadcasting before steroids were invented....They were saying how great Enberg still is at calling basketball games, and now in his 70's he's better than ever. Mike then chimes in with "it used to be sportscasters in their 40's were too old, now people like Enberg are in their 70's and they are still adding new gigs." It made my day.
If Mike and the Mad Dog understand the value of older workers, then corporate America can't be far behind!! Ya gotta love it, as 60-something sportscaster Tim McCarver might say....
Steven

Radio Call-In Show Thursday AM

Jobs4.0 has been featured in major newspapers, on radio programs, the evening TV news, magazines and more. We've given talks to large groups and smaller ones, but today is a first... we'll be doing a radio call in show on WRJM, a 100,000 watt station that reaches Alabama, western Georgia and the Florida panhandle. I'll be taking calls from 7:30-8AM CST on Thursday. Please call in if you'd like, I'd love to hear from you.
The station streams on www.wrjm.us so anyone reading this can join in. Should be fun...
Best,
Steven

Article on Forbes.com - Resumes for Job Seekers Over 40

The question I get asked most often by job seekers is 'what can I do to make my resume more compelling?" My first article as a contributing writer for Forbes.com addresses that very topic. It was posted on Forbes.com today.
www.forbes.com/leadership/careers/2007/03/05/careers-resume-jobs-leadership-careers-cx_sg_0305over40.html

Take a look, it has 3 of the best pieces of advice that I have acccumulated in my 16 plus years working with job seekers over 40.
Please feel free to contact me with your comments on it.

Best,
Steven

New Developments

Sorry for not writing more - I was on the road last week, meeting new companies and talking to potential new partners about alliances that will help deliver more quality employers with good jobs to our site. New jobs on our site in the past week include major employers like Vanguard, AXA Financial and Allied Moulded and smaller employers with great businesses such as Bowman Valuation Services, Capitol Petsitters and more.
Please continue to check out all of our postings, and apply to jobs! And tell your friends and colleagues to do the same - the new postings are a direct result of the incredible support you have given us.

Thanks,
steven