How to break through the plight of older job seekers?

The author has a friend L, a 35-year-old man who is married and has children. It has been more than 10 years since I entered the workplace, during which I have changed 7 jobs. The longest job I have been working on is 2 years, and the shortest job is less than 3 months. On average, I have more than one job in a year. Not very stable. Now, the responsibility and pressure of the family make him want to settle down. He is eager to find a job that can stabilize him for a long time, but finds it difficult; another friend, Z, who is nearly 40 years old, has been in a family after graduation. The company does administrative work, and his work is considered diligent, because he never arrives late or leaves early, but he has not made much progress. His motto is plain and true! He thought he could work in this company until he retired. However, recently the company's efficiency has declined and it was acquired by other companies. He was laid off because of his age and lack of outstanding performance in his work. He is now very confused and doesn't know what to do. ? !

Seeing this, I believe that many professionals over the age of 30 have seen their own shadow more or less, and I think of the very popular workplace topic "35-year-old career crisis", or the rumored Huawei layoff of 35 The rumors of employees over the age of 2 have already revealed a cruel reality: the market-oriented economy has developed to this day, and the job-hunting dilemma of older job seekers not only exists but also is more serious than imagined.

However, facing the dilemma of older job seekers on the one hand, and the retirement delay on the other hand, what should older job seekers do? How to overcome this predicament? As a member of the elderly in the workplace, the author has been thinking about this problem.

First of all, don’t complain about the wasted time when you were young. If you don’t know how to make progress, it’s useless. What you need now is to face reality and face the problem to solve the problem effectively. The obstacles to finding a job in older age generally exist in the lack of core competitiveness. Many people put stability and salary in the first place in choosing a job when they were young, but seldom consider their own career planning, and the professional skills and professional knowledge systems acquired in the workplace have not formed a strong competitiveness. Therefore, with the increase of age, the value of their workplace is declining, so at a certain stage, they will encounter an older workplace crisis and then lose their jobs.

Recognizing your own problems, you can start from the following aspects to solve and break through this predicament.

First, recognize their own advantages, older job seekers also have their own general advantages, such as rich work experience, relatively speaking, they can bear hardships and stand hard work, have a mature mentality, and have a long-term and stable development willingness. Recognizing your strengths can help older job seekers regain their confidence.

Second, to make a real and practical career plan, the author suggests that you must find a professional career planner to help you do it, instead of going to the Internet to find a random evaluation tool to test, and then read a few plausible careers The guide article thinks that everything is fine and the truth is found. Believe me, professional things still have to be done by professional people. (If you think that I am advertising for career planners, you can ignore this article)

Third, to do a good job in career planning and find a development direction, you need to work hard for new goals and directions. Older job seekers will have several obstacles in the process of re-employment. First, based on past experience, they are unwilling to reduce Their own expectations, such as income, many people are reluctant to accept jobs with lower wages than their previous jobs, and some people are used to working in large companies and are reluctant to go to small companies. For this, the author believes that if this position meets their development goals , you might as well consider accepting a lower salary or position. Also, the age limit of small companies is not as strict as that of large companies. On the contrary, experience is more important, so older job seekers can get more opportunities in small companies. Secondly, the lack of skills for the target position. The biggest problem for older job seekers is that they did not pay much attention to improving themselves through learning in the past, resulting in their lack of ability. Participate in relevant content training courses to enhance your job competitiveness. Finally, many older job seekers are reluctant to seek help from relatives and friends when their career development is not going well or even when they are unemployed out of face. The success rate is the highest, so older job seekers must not give up this reliable job search channel.

By solving the above problems, it will no longer be difficult for older job seekers to break through the predicament of job hunting!