Resources for Older Workers

Thanks to Bill Murdoch for this list of sites offering resources for older workers.

Compiled by US News & World Report, this aggregation of sites will be useful for your clients who are 50+.

Selling Your Resume Writing Business

I was reading an American Express publication today ("Open Book: A Practical Guide for Business Growth") and came across a short piece about selling your business.

Raymond Joabar, Sr. Vice President and General Manager of Lending and Network Development writes, "The sale price of your business will probably be the largest single factor affecting your wealth and retirement."

Yet most resume writers I know don't "cash out" this investment that they've spent years building -- they simply close their businesses. This is a topic that's interested me for a couple of years, ever since I heard a speaker from the Nebraska Business Development Center talk about business valuations. It's a topic I'd like to explore in a future issue of Resume Writers' Digest too. Have a thought on the subject? Drop me an email to RWDigest@aol.com.

Tiger Woods' Resume

One of my favorite authors on ere.net, Dr. John Sullivan, has an excellent article for recruiters and hiring managers about how they're not set up to hire a "superstar" like Tiger Woods. ("How NOT to Hire Tiger Woods!")

One of the points he makes is how the resume vetting process is not set up to favor clients with unusual backgrounds -- even though they may be top performers in their field:

Having a poorly designed resume screening process. Even if he did submit a resume, most resume screening systems would reject the real Tiger Woods because he was a college dropout (even if it was from Stanford). Despite being the world's top golfer, his resume might be rejected because of his grades, because he misspelled a word, because of his non-rigorous academic major, or even because for a long period he had no steady "continuous" record of employment. He might even be rejected by some in your firm because he would be clearly judged as "overqualified" for this "average" position.

Directory of Professional Resume Writers

On Thursday, Nov. 1, Louise Kursmark will release her latest book, "Directory of Professional Resume Writers: How to Find and Work With a Pro to Accelerate Your Job Search."

From Amazon:
Directory of Professional Resume Writers helps individuals choose the best resume writer for their needs to ensure their money is well spent This helpful directory identifies hundreds of the top professional resume writers in the U.S., Canada, and Australia and indexes them according to their specialty, geographic location, and alphabetical order. The resource also provides extensive tips on how to choose the best resume writer and how to effectively work with them to create outstanding job search documents. Job seekers, career changers, and new graduates will learn how to evaluate and choose the best resume writers for their needs; what to expect from the resume development process; how to put their new, professionally written resume to work; and more.

If you're one of the resume writers featured in the book, let me know if you're getting referrals as a result of being included in the book! (You do ask new clients how they heard about you, don't you?)