Second Career -”Because I’m Worth It”

There has been a lot of rattle over the internet about how hard it is getting a job if you are over 50. I suppose it’s true. Most hiring managers seem like they are twenty years younger. They look at us like we are so out of touch of the real world, don’t know what twitter is and are to old to play on the company softball league.

Well, first of all, I don’t want to play on your softball team because I have better things to do with my spare time. Second, I probablyhttp://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Facebook.svg/75px-Facebook.svg.png have more friends on twitter than you – as well as facebook for that matter. Third, what exactly is the real word anyway? Burning bras or video games? Who really knows.

In 1973, Ilon Specht created an ad for L’Oreal. She was a typical 23 year old, a baby boomer involved in a new era of change for women in America. Remember it well. We burned our bras -boy do we need them now. We wanted equal pay for the same work. We wanted it all.

Preference by L’Oreal – “Because I’M Worth It”

The saying went viral -We knew it then and we know it now.

I am experienced and therefore more efficient now. I have knowledge from living longer that a younger person cannot possibly know. I have networked with many people from all walks of life and every way possible, and not just through the internet. I don’t just want a job, I want to feel like I am contributing to something greater than myself. That is why I am the best person for the job. Yes, I would require more money, but that’s “because I’m worth it”.

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