Eileen Williams, MA NCC
Surefire Strategies for Jobseekers Over 50
Some of the tips you might learn:
- How to turn your age into an advantage and demonstrate the added value you'll bring to your next position
- How to stress your achievements and distinguish yourself from the competition
- How to optimize your contacts and use social media to obtain critical leads and referrals
- How to proactively target companies and meet key decision-makers
- How to network your way into the hidden job market
- How to write the strongest resume for older applicants, grab the reviewer's attention, and highlight your skills and experience
- How to create a cover letter to immediately draw the reader's interest and make them want to meet you
- How to respond to difficult behavioral style and age-related interview questions
- How to make a dynamic first impression, ace the interview, and become the candidate of choice!
First off, let there be no doubt that I celebrated my half-century birthday a number of years ago. I’ve also had a long career as a counselor and have worked with thousands of baby boomers dealing with job search and career transition issues.
My personal mission is to reach as many of my gender and generation as possible to celebrate our remarkable history, our awe-inspiring futures, and just plain hoot and holler as only the menopausal can. We gals have overcome some pretty formidable challenges and we’re not going to let a few wrinkles stop us now. We’re bringing a whole new look and spirited style to the aging process. In fact, our next major revolution will be nothing short of astounding. Yes, gray will definitely become the “new groovy.” So, here’s to us, the incredible, incomparable, fabulous, female boomers and to embracing life fully on the feisty side of fifty!
Mary Eileen Williams, M.A., N.C.C. has more than twenty years combined experience as a career/life transition counselor, workshop facilitator, university instructor, and writer. As a Nationally Board Certified Counselor, Ms. Williams specializes in working with women in the throes of midlife and mid-career transitions and assists them in creating personally rewarding and meaningful futures.
In addition to her one-on-one counseling, Mary Eileen has presented hundreds of seminars and workshops in corporate, community, and university settings. Most recently, her topics include “Embracing Life on the Feisty Side of Fifty,” “Baby Boomers—Rebels With Many Causes,” “Mars/Venus: The Riddle of Rapport,” “The Prime of Your Life: A Workshop of Self-Discovery and Renewal for Women 50-65,” and “Menopause: A Woman’s Journey to Wholeness.”
She loves writing stories that show the humorous side of aging and is a contributing author to Chicken Soup for the Soul in Menopause.
Please check out my radio show–a celebration of women over fifty and how boomers are revolutionizing what it means to grow older. Give me just fifteen minutes of your time and I’ll give you interviews with authors, actors, and experts who will inspire you to make significant and positive change in your own life.
