Your Job Search: Researching Jobs and Employers
By: Bob Skladany | Source: AARP.org | November 17, 2008
List Your Targeted Employers
From all the sources listed in the article and through your research, develop a list of the employers you prefer or want to target. Remember to keep your target list short; you need time to pursue each one. People who send 300 and 400 résumés and applications are probably wasting a great deal of time—and getting awfully frustrated. Also, employers don’t appreciate getting flooded with résumés.
Another way to improve your chances as an older candidate is to include in your targeted-employer list as many "age friendly," "age-positive," or "preferred" employers as you can. You can find these companies at RetirementJobs.com (look for the site's link for Certified Age Friendly Companies) and at AARP.org (on AARP’s National Employer Team and among AARP’s Best Employers for Workers Over 50). Also look in local business magazines, Fortune, and other business magazines for their lists of "best employers" or "preferred employers."
If you're going to get a job, why not get it with an employer who values workers in general, and older workers in particular?
Your Job Search
- Your Job Search: The New World of Job Searching
- Your Job Search: What Do You Want to Do?
- Your Job Search: Preparing Your Résumé and Cover Letter
- Your Job Search: What Type of Work Arrangement is Right for You?
- Your Job Search: Researching Jobs and Employers
- Your Job Search: Applying for Jobs
- Your Job Search: The Interview Process
- Your Job Search: The Job Offer
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