Getting Older and wanting to work

Getting Older and wanting to work

Getting older is not a crime.  Yet I hear so many career counselors parrot the words to deny your age, don’t put dates on your resume, dumb yourself down, and in other words pretend to be less than you really are.

I disagree.

It’s not about the numbers – it’s about the energy.  Do you look like you are dying or do you look energized, full of vim and vigor and ready to do the job for which you are applying?

How you look, dress, act, behave all tell a great deal about you.   When I talk with members of CSIX, (an all volunteer group dedicated to helping those out of work) I note that many of the out-of-work members of the audience look and dress as though they’d given up completely.  Depression gets in the way of energy.