Looking Forward Our Way

As a new segment for our podcast, we are highlighting various industries. In this episode we welcome Amber Circone (Amber Cercone - Human Resources Generalist - BMI Federal ... https://www.linkedin.com › amber-cercone-9ba4b2100), Human Resources Generalist at BMI Federal Credit Union.

Areas we cover include:

An overview of your industry and the array of positions most often needed

Tips on the types of skills or traits that are most important to the credit union industry

Tips on how a mature job seeker sell themselves especially when competing with younger candidates

Tips on how to make you profile look attractive

Significant mistakes make by candidates in online applications

and much more.

The Successful Encore Career is a service of Employment For Seniors and sponsored by Central Ohio Area Agency on Aging, Nationwide Insurance, RiseSmart, Thompson Hine, and Circle270Media Podcast Consultants.

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BMI Federal Credit Union is open to everyone who lives, works, worships or attends school in Franklin, Licking, Fairfield, Pickaway, Madison, Union, Delaware or Morrow County. Insured by NCUA. Equal Housing Lender.

As a new segment for our podcast, we are highlighting various industries. In this episode we welcome Jim Powell from American Limousine (http://www.amerilimo.com/) to discuss what it is like to work in the chauffeur driving transportation industry.

We cover:

some background on American Limousine (http://www.amerilimo.com/),

what transferable skills that are important to the industry,

how a candidate can show they are truly interested in a position and how they are the most qualified,

how to handle resume gaps in an interview,

significant mistakes made by candidates in their online application,

and much more.

The Successful Encore Career is a service of Employment For Seniors and sponsored by Central Ohio Area Agency on Aging, Nationwide Insurance, RiseSmart, Thompson Hine, and Circle270Media Podcast Consultants.

This podcast is free to you and available on your favorite podcast player. If you have benefited from this podcast and would like to help us defray costs involved in producing the podcast, we welcome your support. Click here to donate via our safe and secure PayPal account. 

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Register today for this hiring event! Home Helpers Home Care (https://www.homehelpershomecare.com/columbus-northwest/caregivers/employment/) will be holding a hiring event at the Employment For Seniors' offices on Tuesday morning October 29th, 2019 from 9:30am – 11:30

In this bonus episode of The Successful Encore Career, we talk with Jason Janoskie, owner of Home Helpers Columbus Northwest (https://www.homehelpershomecare.com/columbus-northwest/home), about this hiring event.

For more information about this hiring event, go to Employment For Seniors website. (www.employseniors.org)

The Successful Encore Career is a service of Employment For Seniors and sponsored by Central Ohio Area Agency on Aging, Nationwide Insurance, RiseSmart, Thompson Hine, and Circle270Media Podcast Consultants.

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At Employment For Seniors, we're always trying to focus on successful career transitions for our mature job seekers. 

Moving into a new career path is sometimes seamless, and it sometimes encounters way too many twists and turns. People who refer to their career path as a ladder need to rethink that because it's not really a ladder.

You're not moving up the line, you're moving, you're twisting, you're turning, you're going laterally, all different kinds of ways. And that's okay. There's nothing wrong with that.

In this episode, we have two guests who are going to describe the path that they took. Additionally, they are both longtime members of the Employment For Seniors Board of Trustees.

Julie Mauer is the lead research manager with the Ohio Education Research Center at the John Glenn College of Public Affairs at The Ohio State University.

Dave Rodabaugh is a data warehouse engineer at Zapier which is 100% remote organization. 

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(http://www.employseniors.org) is the premier resource linking mature adults with employment opportunities. EFS has provided career assistance and resources to nearly 30,000 clients, free of charge, over the past 45 years.  

Our trained volunteer job counselors work with clients, prepare them for their job search, and connect them to employers through our job referral process. Local employers have found a highly skilled workforce by posting their positions, free of charge, on the EFS JobMatch system. 

We look forward to working with you at Employment For Seniors! You can easily reach us at 614/863-1219 or by email at [email protected].

Our guests in this episode are Jeanne Schad, Talent Solutions & Strategy Practice Leader, and Sam McAninch, Senior Vice President/Midwest, both from RiseSmart (https://www.risesmart.com/).

RiseSmart (https://www.risesmart.com/) is known as a talent mobility firm. Jeanne and Sam give us some insight on what RiseSmart does to help their clients make their clients' successful in talent development.

What will interest you most as a listener is RiseSmart's Career Development Program (https://www.risesmart.com/talent-mobility-solutions/career-development), which supports employers in their efforts to engage their workforce, creating a new level of loyalty and retention. What does that mean for you, the employee of a company who uses RiseSmart. Listen and find out!

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(http://www.employseniors.org) is the premier resource linking mature adults with employment opportunities. EFS has provided career assistance and resources to nearly 30,000 clients, free of charge, over the past 45 years.  

Our trained volunteer job counselors work with clients, prepare them for their job search, and connect them to employers through our job referral process. Local employers have found a highly skilled workforce by posting their positions, free of charge, on the EFS JobMatch system. 

We look forward to working with you at Employment For Seniors! You can easily reach us at 614/863-1219 or by email at [email protected].

The Employment For Seniors' 25th Annual Senior Career is Thursday, August 29, 2019 from 9 am until 1 pm. Free Admission - Free Parking - No Registration Required

Fawcett Center on the campus of The Ohio State University - 2400 Olentangy River Rd

Be One of this Year’s Success Stories!

The Senior Career Expo provides mature job seekers, 50 years of age and older, with resources for a successful job search. Network with recruiting employers. Attend workshops to focus on career search strategies.

Take advantage of the Resume Review service.

Workshop Topics including:• What Do Employers Want?• Identify Your Transferable Skills• Boost Your Career with LinkedIn• Build Your Network; Find A Job!• Create Your "Elevator Speech"

This podcast is free to you and available on your favorite podcast player.  If you have benefited from this podcast and would like to help us defray costs involved in producing the podcast, we welcome your support. Click here to donate via our safe and secure PayPal account.  

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Sponsored by Nationwide Insurance, Central Ohio Area Aging on Aging, Age-Friendly Columbus And Franklin County, Thompson-Hine, Risesmart, and Circle270Media Podcast Consultants.

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Employment For Seniors is the premier resource linking mature adults with employment opportunities. EFS has provided career assistance and resources to nearly 30,000 clients, free of charge, over the past 45 years.  

Our trained volunteer job counselors work with clients, prepare them for their job search, and connect them to employers through our job referral process. Local employers have found a highly skilled workforce by posting their positions, free of charge, on the EFS JobMatch system. 

We look forward to working with you at Employment For Seniors! You can easily reach us at 614/863-1219 or by email at [email protected].

The 25th Annual Senior Career is Thursday, August 29, 2019 from 9 am until 1 pm. Located at The Ohio State University's Fawcett Center.

With us in the episode is our special guest Sharon Hamersley. Sharon is the Principle Coach for The Resume Coach and has over 20 years’ experience helping individuals of all ages make a satisfying career decision or change. She's also a longtime supporter and volunteer of Employment For Seniors as well as the facilitator of all of the workshops the career workshops that we do here at Employment For Seniors.

 

Accomplishments and Skills

Differentiating between job duties and accomplishments

Job duty = what are the activities that the job requires, e.g. answering phones, greeting clients, preparing documents.

Accomplishment = expected outcome of these required job activities. Also, any activity not necessarily specified in your job duties that benefit your company, clients, or co-workers.

STAR Method

Situation/Task (Opportunity or Challenge): describe the situation as you found it and the possible challenges or opportunities arising from it.

Action: how did you address the opportunity or challenge? (Note: these actions validate your skill sets, e.g. problem-solving, communication, research, negotiation etc.)

Result: what was the result of your actions? What was different or better? What impact did the result have for the company, clients, or co-workers?

Quantity/Quality outcomes

Quantity: easy to measure, e.g. total sales, widgets produced.

Quality: more difficult to measure, focus on meeting or exceeding requirements for accuracy, timeliness, completeness, or improved/enhanced work environment and performance.

“But I was just doing my job…” Have you ever:

Done more with less?

Seen and solved some problem others did not see?

Started a new program or process?

Managed a team? How many?

Saved the company money?

Been recognized for outstanding performance? Why?

This podcast is free to you and available on your favorite podcast player.  If you have benefited from this podcast and would like to help us defray costs involved in producing the podcast, we welcome your support. Click here to donate via our safe and secure PayPal account.  

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HELP US SPREAD THE WORD! We'd love it if you could please share this podcast with your social media friends!

Sponsored by Nationwide Insurance, Central Ohio Area Aging on Aging, Age-Friendly Columbus And Franklin County, Thompson-Hine, Risesmart, and Circle270Media Podcast Consultants.

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Employment For Seniors is the premier resource linking mature adults with employment opportunities. EFS has provided career assistance and resources to nearly 30,000 clients, free of charge, over the past 45 years.  

Our trained volunteer job counselors work with clients, prepare them for their job search, and connect them to employers through our job referral process. Local employers have found a highly skilled workforce by posting their positions, free of charge, on the EFS JobMatch system. 

We look forward to working with you at Employment For Seniors! You can easily reach us at 614/863-1219 or by email at [email protected].

Register today for this hiring event! National Church Residences will be holding a hiring event at the Employment For Seniors' offices on Wednesday morning September 18, 2019 from 9:30am – 11:30

In this bonus episode of The Successful Encore Career, we talk with Jenna Joseph, Area Recruiter at National Church Residences about this hiring event.

For more information about this hiring event, go to Employment For Seniors website.

www.employseniors.org

www.nationalchurchresidences.org

 

The Successful Encore Career is a service of Employment For Seniors and sponsored by Central Ohio Area Agency on Aging, Nationwide Insurance and Innosource.

This podcast is free to you and available on your favorite podcast player.  If you have benefited from this podcast and would like to help us defray costs involved in producing the podcast, we welcome your support. Click here to donate via our safe and secure PayPal account.  

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HELP US SPREAD THE WORD! We'd love it if you could please share this podcast with your social media friends!

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The 25th Annual Senior Career is Thursday, August 29, 2019 from 9 am until 1 pm. Located at The Ohio State University's Fawcett Center.

With us in the episode is our special guest Sharon Hamersley. Sharon is the Principle Coach for The Resume Coach and has over 20 years’ experience helping individuals of all ages make a satisfying career decision or change. She's also a longtime supporter and volunteer of Employment For Seniors as well as the facilitator of all of the workshops the career workshops that we do here at Employment For Seniors.

Volunteer experience: Including significant volunteer experience is important for several reasons:

If you are providing your expertise to an organization pro bono it validates that skill set and helps demonstrate that you are keeping up in your field.

Many companies look for volunteer experience on the resume because they are community-minded, and volunteering is an important part of their company brand.

Volunteering is also a great answer to the question “what are you doing while unemployed?” Of course, you are spending a significant time on job search, but that should be balanced with outside activities.

Education and training:

Pros: if the field of study is related to your career goal, including that can indicate that you gained some of your expertise in an academic setting.

Cons: some employers may view the fact that you did not complete your post-secondary education as a negative. If you include the information, be prepared to answer the question “Why didn’t you finish your degree?”

List most recent degree or certification first. Add a date only if obtained within the past 2 years or expected within the next 12-18 months.

If you attended a college or university but did not graduate, you need to decide whether that information should be included.

Definitely list all professional licenses and certifications that are expected or required for your occupation, e.g. RN License – State of Ohio, or PMP (name of certification body and most recent date renewed.)

You do not need to list your High School Diploma or GED unless that is your last educational certification.

What not to include in the resume:

If including volunteer work for a religious or political advocacy organization, use a generic term to describe the organization when listing it.

If you have any physical or mental disability, do not disclose unless you will need an accommodation to successfully complete the interview. For instance, a quiet room if you have hearing loss, in order to be able to hear and answer questions.

Hobbies – some candidates believe this makes them appear more “well-rounded” but generally they are not of interest to the employer. If a hobby is actually part of your qualification for the position, list it under experience.

Any information that would indicate you are part of a “protected class” that cannot be discerned from your basic data. This includes racial/ethnic background or national origin, religion, sex, age (if over 40), familial status, and physical or mental disability.

This podcast is free to you and available on your favorite podcast player.  If you have benefited from this podcast and would like to help us defray costs involved in producing the podcast, we welcome your support. Click here to donate via our safe and secure PayPal account.  

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HELP US SPREAD THE WORD! We'd love it if you could please share this podcast with your social media friends!

Sponsored by Nationwide Insurance, Central Ohio Area Aging on Aging, Age-Friendly Columbus And Franklin County, Thompson-Hine, Risesmart, and Circle270Media Podcast Consultants.

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Employment For Seniors is the premier resource linking mature adults with employment opportunities. EFS has provided career assistance and resources to nearly 30,000 clients, free of charge, over the past 45 years.  

Our trained volunteer job counselors work with clients,...

The 25th Annual Senior Career is Thursday, August 29, 2019 from 9 am until 1 pm. Located at The Ohio State University's Fawcett Center.

With us in the episode is our special guest Sharon Hamersley. Sharon is the Principle Coach for The Resume Coach and has over 20 years’ experience helping individuals of all ages make a satisfying career decision or change. She's also a longtime supporter and volunteer of Employment For Seniors as well as the facilitator of all of the workshops the career workshops that we do here at Employment For Seniors.

Contact information:

Name: as you are generally known to your professional community.

Address: City and State are usually adequate. Street addresses hold a risk of being used for purposes you did not intend.

E-mail address: is yours professional? Recommend getting Gmail account that you use exclusively for professional activities. Accounts such as @aol.com or @hotmail.com indicate that you may not be tech-savvy. Also, be aware of your username – do not include any numbers that could be interpreted as a date, such as a birthdate or year of graduation.

Cell phone: you have exclusive control over your cell phone. Check to make sure that your voicemail message conveys a professional image. Employers will move on to the next candidate if your message is not professional, or if you haven’t set up your voicemail, or your voice mailbox is full.

LinkedIn profile URL: increasingly employers are looking at LinkedIn profiles to gather additional information about a candidate. Make sure yours is complete, current, and attractive.

Summary statement:

This is your first (and often only) chance to impress the employer with your unique qualifications.

Be very clear about what skills and accomplishments you bring that will help the employer meet their needs and achieve their goals (but don’t write an essay – be brief!)

Mirror the wording of the job posting. This indicates to the reader that you have actually read the posting and are responding to the need stated there.

Use keywords – the words describing the required skills and experience that are included in the job posting. This increases the chance that when submitting an online application, the resume scanning software will pick up on your resume and forward for further review.

Work experience:

Generally, 15 years’ experience is all that should be presented in detail. If you worked for the same company for 20+ years, present the last 10-15 years in detail and add a section “Foundational Experience” listing previous roles without dates.

For the resume, only include years of employment, not month/year. 

Begin with the most recent experience. Include Company Name, Company Location, dates of employment, and job title.

Optional: a brief description of the company/industry if necessary to position role within the company.

Focus on major accomplishments, don’t just list job duties. Use numbers if available, or qualitative descriptions of results. (Stay tuned for a separate podcast on creating accomplishment statements.Managing dates:

Generally, 15 years’ experience is all that should be presented in detail. If you worked for the same company for 20+ years, present the last 10-15 years in detail and add a section “Foundational Experience” listing previous roles without dates.

For the resume, only include years of employment, not month/year. This makes the content flow more smoothly and also minimizes gaps in employment.

 

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