Comments on: Older Job Seekers – Leverage You!

By: Emily Crocetto

Emily Crocetto — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 02:14:42 +0000

Hello Kate and thank you for your advise. I will review my job experiences on three difficult work settings and how each situations= was handle.

Thank you and I’ll keep you posted.

Emily Crocetto
Flushing, New York

By: Kate Nasser

Kate Nasser — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 11:01:17 +0000

Thank You for Writing This!
Robin Tillotson, M.S.W., Regional Director (With Permission)
Chicago Department of Senior Services

By: Kate Nasser

Kate Nasser — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 16:00:15 +0000

Hi Lynne,
Good step to join Pharm Sales Assoc. Have you looked at smaller pharm companies and even medical equipment companies? Smaller companies often need people with more experience because they have fewer layers of mgmt. So they don’t have time/$ for training & mentoring young ones.
Pharm. companies have had tough times the last few years with various drugs causing trouble — thus profits down. Add that to the overall economy and you see th picture.
Please stay in touch and let me know how it’s going!
Kate

By: Lynne Quint

Lynne Quint — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 03:17:19 +0000

Hi Kate,
I feel Emily’s pain. I am 50 years of age, in MBA, 30 years experience and the hardest working person I know, male or female.
I have been in sales the last 10 years and would like to break into pharmaceutical sales field. I feel that employers will be very prone to pick college grads. I have joined a pharmaceutical sales association for help. Any other advice?
Thanks
Lynne Quint

By: Kate Nasser

Kate Nasser — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 17:09:58 +0000

Hi Emily,
Many thanks for telling your story here and sharing your optimism. One suggestion:
Find a place where you feel inspired. Think about and write down at least 3 difficult situations in work settings and how you have handled each. Best if the 3 situations are different in nature.

Then write them up as “Could someone with less experience handle these situations?” Send them in a cover letter the next time you send your resume. Be brief and to the point.

It might catch the recruiter’s attention. Help the recruiters market you!
Kate

By: Emily Crocetto

Emily Crocetto — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 12:56:21 +0000

I have been working since I left high school about thirty years ago. I began as a clerk typist in a bank and slowly rose up from secretary to administrative assistant in a manufacturing engineering corporation. During my years in the employment fields, I have worked in various job environments, (i.e. bank, publishing house, credit card company, and engineering manufacturing.) I was gaining my skills by learning from my peers and met the challenges that I have come across. Since December 2008, I was laid off, began sending out resumes, met with recruiters and still no bites. I do however, go to the Workforce 1 to acquire more skills in computer software on Office 2007 as well resume and interviewing skills. The employers however, are looking for college degrees and overlooking the fact of my lifetime work experiences and viewing my age (57 years) . I try to keep focus on my goal that eventually, I will acquire a position and hope it will be very soon.