If you are over 50 and in the job search, you may be frustrated like Mariana was (for 7 months). She made a change that included a resume makeover and a 30-60-90-Day Plan for Interviews. The result? 3 Job Offers! Read her story:
Hello Peggy,
I felt I needed to send you a big “thank you!”. Here’s why:
I have been looking for a job for 9 months after being laid off…I am over 50 so it hasn’t been easy and I can’t remember how I found you and your resources but I want to say it was approximately 2 months ago and I knew I had to do something different so I decided to invest the money and purchase your services…I am so glad I found you!
What I found to be the most valuable assets were the 30/60/90 day plan and the advice of making sure you include numbers, percentages, etc. on your resume (i.e., increased leads by 40%, etc.). These were the 2 keys that got me the phone interviews and then the face-to-face meetings. The look of surprise when I mentioned I had a 30/60/90-day plan prepared was priceless – they all were most impressed.
So now for the good news, or should I say great news! I literally have 3 solid job offers that I am in the process of deciding on. Because they are all great offers and literally came in within 1 day of each other I was honest with each of them letting them know that there were other companies that had made offers and that I owed each of them the respect of doing my due diligence as I had spent significant time with each of them. They all said they completely understand and now I am getting emails from all 3 asking what they can do to get me on board with their companies. It’s seriously amazing! It is a very difficult decision to make as they have all offered me equity in the company, salary is 15K more than my previous job and all are in an exciting space. So, by end of day Monday I will have made my decision and will be happily employed again.
Please tell your members that there is hope for those of us over 50. All 3 of these companies mentioned during our last conversations that they were looking for people with “experience” and “maturity”.
Bottom line – your product(s) and you really do work! I am impressed!
Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!
-Mariana
Congratulations Mariana!
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