How to get a job, if you are over 45

It is difficult to say what kind of figure is critical - 40, 45 or 50, but some difficulties in employment begin somewhere around 40 years and compounded over time. They look like this: 40+ resume of competitors and their responses to the jobs do not look on the sites of employment, and if you still manage to hook or by crook to get to the interview, the selection is made in favor of younger candidates, even though less experienced and competent.

If, posting or sending resumes to hide his age, the employer makes of him the worst assumptions and even more so inclined to be interested in such candidates. Some underestimate his age to receive an invitation for an interview. But this trick is, as a rule, are not saved. Most often such applicants, even if they liked at the meeting, refused because of the deliberate misreporting (deceived in the beginning - will deceive and more).

In spite of the legal prohibition of discrimination based on gender and age in employment, employers They manage to justify their decisions with phrases like "Welcome to our young friendly staff." Seeing the words, employees over 40, if they are, of course, quick-witted, should get the message that their company does not expect this.

Why employers are reluctant to take over 45 employees

Stereotype of candidate categories "45+" is not without reason, because some people do with age, more and more demonstrates the following qualities. And they did not increase productivity.

Unwillingness to learn, lower learning ability

Well-known fact: the people of the 40 total weight less use social networks, new applications on the phones, messengers, YouTube, Telegram-TV and other technological and social achievements of the past time. Often they think they know everything in their professional field and that everything is new - it's just well forgotten old. And often when learning, it is still ultimately remain with the same amount of knowledge that they had.

Arrogant attitude to younger

Expressed in units, sometimes going out externally in the form of words, "And in our time ..." "There's one girl said ..." "You do not understand because of their age," morals and general critical relation to the younger.

excessive wordiness

It is well known that where a candidate in 20-30 years will tell during the interview of 20-30 words, the applicant over the age of 40 less than 100-200 will not do. Many employers is very annoying when you do not give a straight answer to the question, and start very far away, so that sometimes it is not clear how to answer related to the question. Excess of spare parts, the inability to speak briefly and to the point clearly to the benefit of those over 40.

The desire for comfort

Those who worked on the early career of overtime, achieving recognition, career and salary growth, often at some point comes zapping or epiphany: "Is the work of the most important in my life that I have not seen her for the sake of their children, the parents of the world?". As a rule, following this intention - to search for the remote or part-time, work no more than 9 to 18, clearly from and to use all sick, vacation and dinner time.

Possible health problems

Employers are afraid of downtime in the tasks or of lower productivity due to the increase in employees 40+ pressure, blood sugar levels, the likelihood of heart problems and the like.

loss of enthusiasm

careers are often built within the same industry or the same professional field. For example, sales in the pharmaceutical industry or in the finance marketing. Hiring managers and employers often subject to the stereotype according to which the best candidate will be the one who has devoted considerable time work in the same industry and the same positions. At the same time it is not taken account of the fact that for such a long time, one and the same order of activity could get bored and may already be seen as demotivators. Thus, due to stereotypes pickers multiplying the number of professionals who work becomes synonymous with the words "I am sick." Arriving at a new team, a person 40 sees here the same problems, the same people, and some of what (eg, literacy organization processes) the new location even inferior to the old. The lack of enthusiasm, not only affects the productivityBut also discouraged other employees, so that employees in the age can become a destructive agent.

A significant portion of those over 4o does not match this description, but the strength of powerful stereotypes. Now the market oversupply of candidates (except for certain areas, such as IT). Therefore, the basic idea of ​​the employer and recruiter - why should I consider applicants aged, if I can find lots of suitable staff of the younger generation, which will not have such difficulties?

Additional barriers to job candidates with long experience and extensive experience in hiring the head as follows:

• He might be better than me and I unseat.
• He can better than colleagues with less experience, to see the imperfection of workflows or illegality / legal ignorance of what is happening in the company, and to ask awkward questions, or require changes to assert their rights as employee. For example, refuse to carry large sums of cash, sell non-certified / defective goods or to document the facts do not match reality.
• It can leave as soon as find a leadership position, and have to look for a new man and then spend time on its adaptation.
• Perhaps he had forgotten how to "work with their hands", and can only lead.
• With respect him as a person aged, have to behave povyshenno correctly, and it is very inconvenient.
• His leadersAnd maybe he could be better than I am, managers. Surely I in his eyes will look perfect, but it would not be desirable.

Where to find job opportunities

There is good news. There are a number of places where the placement of candidates aged 40+ will be less complexity.

international companies

In a number of Russian offices of international companies operating standards established from the head office, located in Europe or in America, where, of course, a more rational and humane treatment of employees and candidates in 40. In politics, the HR is there mandatory clauses on diversity - the requirements to ensure that staff the company has been presented by different categories of staff in terms of age, sex, national composition. A significant part of the European institutions zealously monitors compliance with these regulations.

Jobs that require a deep knowledge of a particular domain

For example, there is a stereotype of the mass consciousness that with age level thinking skills It falls, and for the IT sector it is these skills and play a crucial role. But just IT-specialists of the older generation are now experiencing significantly less difficulty in finding employment than other specialties. It is obvious that either you can write code that will work, or you can not. And working code - in this case, it is the main result of the criterion. Therefore, on the background of shortages of specialists in the IT market age will no longer be a severe hindrance. In a similar situation - the technology of production, sales or other process equipment highly specific goods, any other professionals who own specific demand software products and knowledge.

Just a lot of managers, so they do not have a value. Narrow specialists - its weight in gold.

Company specific market sectors

It is known that in some areas is much smaller and the age limit there willing to take the job seekers aged. This insurance business, real estate services, retail (store managers, section managers), manufacturing, public companies, non-profit organizations (NPOs), the agricultural sector, the food. Previously, the traditional council candidate has difficulty in finding a job, I had to go into education (university, school). Now, in connection with by the collapse in this area, this option is much less relevant - cut rates even current employees. There was a powerful alternative - online education. That's where in fact now is to search for jobs.

Jobs abroad

Some people is much easier to find a job in the United States or Europe than in Russia. Just due to the fact that in America, unlike in Russia, the market of the applicant, not the company (higher demand for candidates offers), while in Europe the general aging of the population tend to make employers more tolerant age aspects. There's life in the 45 is just beginning. Of course, this option is suitable only for those who are friends with foreign language.

Unpopular among young professionals jobs

It is obvious that there are a number of unpopular activities that do not cause enthusiasm among younger applicants. For example, working with conflict buyers. That is why the position of administrators salesrooms and store managers gladly take people over. Firstly, young people refuse to participate in the conflict, and secondly, employees with life experience is often more skillfully solve difficult situations, smoothing out the rough edges, and with great patience treating problematic customers. Similarly, no one likes cold sales - everyone wants to deal with customer service, who are ready to buy. Not popular, and many sales (as in real estate transactions market).

Companies that are not very attractive employers

Speech on unsympathetic vacancies in all areas of business, such as reservoir Agency. Or in companies that can obviously have difficulties with financial stability, such as start-ups, especially not from the IT-sphere.

freelance

You can offer your services as a freelancer all friends, we have worked with before, create on specialized markets, such as the Work-zilla, Kwork, Moguza, Freelancer and perform incoming orders. In fact, to become self-employed, can help training courses, such as online course for women at Talentedme «DomaWork. I'm working remotely "(hochurabotatdoma.rf) or a free course on freelance online kadrof.ru, where you can find information on how to get started, where to find customers and how to communicate with them. Get popular online career and work remotely to help netology.ru, geekbrains.ru, 1day1step.ru, coursera.org, edx.org.

What to do to get to an interview

1. Go directly to the hiring manager

As a rule, the hiring manager, recruiter issuing instructions concerning the age limit, he is less inclined to follow it, if you see the class candidate. Recruiters also due to excess personnel easier does not consider people who do not meet the age, to do extra work. Why persuade someone to see the candidate in 40, if there are enough young people? Therefore it is better to go directly to the hiring manager. He will have a more flexible approach, and will be more likely to please.

How to go directly to the hiring manager:

• Find it on Facebook or LinkedIn, write to the messenger of the social networks (short !!!) about its benefits as an employee and his desire to work for the selected item.
• Write directly to corporate e-mail. The vast majority of corporate addresses are formed on the same principle: имя.фамилия@доменное name kompanii.ru. Even if not exactly in this way, at least consistently. That is, knowing the name and surname and email address of another employee of the same company, you can simply display the address of the hiring manager.

2. Refer to a friend

Networking - a cure for many diseases, and almost a panacea in the case of employment in the 40+. Most of the applicants aged 50+ finds work precisely dating network. Therefore, all the friends, relatives, and friends of friends and relatives of the family, as well as all former colleagues and managers need to be aware of your job search. It is necessary to actively expand the circle of communication in a professional environment, to seek contact with potential hiring manager and maintain these relationships. Best Ways to - themed educational events, exhibitions, conference. Additionally - the entry into professional communities, including social networks, to online resources (eg, programmers forum 1C) and conducting active work there. This can be consulting other parties, publication on the blog interesting for all subjects.

3. Seek employment wherever possible

Involve all job search sites - hh.ru, superjob.ru, linkedin.com, job.ru, job.mo.ru, rabota.ru, zarplata.ru, gorod.rabot.ru, avito.ru, irr.ru and others. Make a list of interesting companies - developing, selling interesting product / service, in which there are opportunities for development, the top 5 on its market. Respond to vacancies posted on the career pages on their sites. Regularly monitor the information that appears in profile in social networks and communities, in groups devoted to the search for work (as a rule, they can be found on the keyword "jobs", "work" job - for example, "Job & Resume" on Facebook).

An important rule: be sure to call back if turned down for a resume or have not received any response. At this stage, it is the most powerful way to stand out among the avalanche of other candidates. Even the cover letter does not give off as much of the applicant in the eyes of the employer.

4. Write powerful resumes and cover letters

Summary should be drawn up taking into account the principles of marketing, principles of action selection mechanisms on the sites of employment, or employers may not see it at all. Requires a clear focus on the job, for which I want to get.

Cover letters should be written individually for each vacancy. It is important to brevity (not more than seven or nine rows) and an indication of the benefits that will get the employer, preferring you.

What to do to pass the interview

In the first place to work with all parties to stereotypes about 40+, which was written above:

1. Demonstrate the ability and desire to learn. Held short-term training courses, developing your hard skills. Not soft skills - communication skills, leadership, kindly listen to which each is capable. Namely hard skills - professional certification, training, software products, technologies. And that short-term courses rather than second degree, because higher education, as a rule, does not give specific skills, and the technologies that are offered in most high schools are obsolete more 5-10 years ago. As options for rapid acquisition of new knowledge can be seen, for example, such a platform remote learning how Coursera, Edx and high-quality short-term education centers like the Center "Specialist" at Bauman Bauman.
2. Read the newest and most fashionable in the book trade. Listen podcastsConnect to professional Telegram-channels. Talk about how and where to learn what you read and how you obtained knowledge can be applied in the work.
3. Show respect to younger and try not to separate himself from them, and did not oppose the words, actions and attitudes. To tell what they have learned at the junior colleagues of age.
4. Briefly. Very, very briefly. Only respond on the subject matter and each time odorgivat yourself when you want to talk in more detail and set in the broader context of its response.
5. Talk about how you will be happy to work overtime drive for an interesting work on the other side of town, and sometimes forget to eat lunch.
6. Start to play sports and be prepared to demonstrate to the interviewer during the interview fitness trackers to record their workouts. It is unlikely that they will be playing, but their willingness to show will give more credibility. A charge of vivacity and positive and your good physical shape dispel doubts employer. Incidentally, physical activity increases the speed mental activityAnd it also gives extra points.
7. Deal with their enthusiasm. Find those aspects in professional activities that inspire, and look for a job, it is associated with these aspects. Not like the old technologies and software - master new. At the interview, do not tell that it was boring, a single word does not respond negatively about the companies, people, processes, technology. Speak only what pleases wondering that enjoyed at previous jobs.

In addition, you can tell the employer about the obvious advantages associated with age:

• Solved all the personal issues (falling in love, getting married, having children, kindergartens, schools), and now we can concentrate fully on the job.
• Obtain a position at this age is very difficult. Therefore it is necessary to value work and to hold on to her hands and feet, especially for such a wonderful as this vacancy.
• By this age we have been troubles, which have been used, such as the desire for career growth. It remains only to wish to work, benefit and earning normal.
• With age goes competitiveness, comes the desire to share knowledge. With pleasure, in addition to his work can take up coaching, training and so forth.
• Have experience of observation of processes in different companies / in different places - and thus are able to offer useful ideas for business optimization.
• Now another generation grew 40+. It is different from what it was before, a greater willingness and ability to learn. People get new knowledge on a regular basis and with pleasure.
• Modern age 40+ experts - it is more loyal to the company employees. They are more inclined to stay with the same employer than the generation Z.

Before we go on interviewNecessarily need to be trained. Ask a colleague, relative or friend eychary pozadavat questions, you may be expected, and give feedback - so you know what is worth and what is not worth talking about. In particular, it is good to keep track of whether in speech features of the desire for comfort, not ready to learn, prejudice against the young. Ask you to check for trends at length to express his thoughts. Of course, more professional assistance in this matter will have consultants who specialize in conducting training interviews.

How to act in the future

As in the case of any other problem, the best way to solve the employment issue in the 40+ is its prevention. That is worth to think about it at an earlier age. Here's what to do:

1. To build a large network of acquaintances. Because, as mentioned above, it is the most effective way to employment in the 40+. Establish relations beneficial not only with equal position / profession, and especially to those people who may be employers (level n + 1 or n + 2 from yours) in the future.
2. To increase their value in the labor market. That is not to bask in the glory of a la "I am beautiful head," and regularly "working hands" to engage in the activities that are not able or do not like to perform other (eg, cold sale). Develop advanced software and modern technology. Regularly learn.
3. Observe the optimal duration of work in one place - at least 2, not more than 5 years. Otherwise, in the first case, the candidate will be held at the recruiters under the label of "Grasshopper" in the second - "sat up, unable to adapt to a new location, possibly inflexible." And in both cases it will be very reduce the chances employment.