Why Employers Don't Want To Interview Age 40+ Job Seekers

Employers have a typical perception of age 40+ job seekers, but it's not what you think.

If you're over 40, you probably think employers don't want to interview you because they believe you're too expensive. While employers do?perceive more experienced candidates seek higher compensation (even if you're not) ... but that's not why employers don't want to interview you.

It's because your resume doesn't clearly show you're worth the additional perceived expense (even though you are worth it).

When you have higher compensation expectations, but you can clearly show employers you can provide a lot of impact, you're not too expensive.

Instead, you're worth it.

The problem is that you haven't been taught to focus your resume on impact. But when you follow advice from outplacement, most career coaches/authors or have your resume written by a certified professional resume writer, your resume is focused on responsibilities and experience, designed to show you're qualified (qualified = average when there are many qualified candidates to choose from.)

Responsibilities and experience don't show you're worth it - they only show what you were supposed to do, forcing employers to guess if you did it well, poorly, or at all. In other words, responsibilities and experience don't show you're worth it and employers don't want to interview or hire candidates who aren't worth it.

Why not learn how to demonstrate the overwhelming impact you can provide, to show you're worth it?

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