On The Job

FEBRUARY 8, 2012

Career experts often advise job seekers or networkers to “tell your story.” But what does that mean? Should you share how you won the school science fair in third grade or how you once locked your keys in the car with the engine still running? It’s difficult to know exactly what story to tell at the right time – and how to make it interesting enough that eyes don’t start to glaze over or someone pulls the fire alarm just to get away from you.

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On The Job

FEBRUARY 10, 2012

I've heard plenty of horror stories about age discrimination in job interviews, so it was really refreshing to hear something positive about an employer who not only actively seeks out older job candidates, but older workers who say they've found new careers that inspire and rejuvenate them. Here's the latest story I did for Gannett/USAToday.com. Gisela Ashley had been a real-estate agent for about 18 years when she decided to take inheritance money from her father and go back to school.

International 148

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