It’s time we wake up! I have heard too many friends saying we cannot leave Asia because of the infrastructure that we have created and the staffing that we have in place to support importing. The supply-chain debacle is another classic example of brands trying to produce product at a price point to increase the corporate profit and impact their...
Read moreOne of my closest friends, John Andico suffered through his final days, knowing that cancer would be the winner. John died on August 11, 2018. He is survived by his wife, two daughters and four grandchildren. I am reminded that he is one of the last of the dying breed of people called Salesman. As the world of wholesale and...
Read more“Change”, “accepting the unexpected”, “you got to be kidding me!”, “this is crazy!”, “can’t believe what I heard?”; moments in your experience of finding a job is one of the key factors in accepting success or rejection. If every day was routine and there were no exceptions to the rule, I think Henry Ford would be the only person who...
Read moreGrowing old, is the fact of life, even birds and bees grow old. “Can’t Believe What I Heard?”; is a common phrase that baby boomers hear when seeking to re-enter into the workforce, needing to work, or any of the multitude of reasons to seek new employment. There are many blogs that deal with growing old and getting hired, our Read more…
Baby Boomers have one lesson to learn, and that is to remember the first thing you ever heard from your mother was, “No!”. Because we were the privileged children, and we were the first generation to get whatever we wanted, the word “No!”; usually meant that we just stopped listening. Now that we are the older generation, we suffer from Read more…
So, your past retirement age and you still want work, worse yet you need to work, and you start searching the jobsites for an opportunity that you feel you are qualified to apply. You receive a nice form letter back saying thank you for applying for this job, upon review of your resume we find that you are overqualified for Read more…
Desperate times sometimes need desperate measures, knowing that you still have a lot of skills that are necessary to help companies grow, and you know that you are being discriminated against because of your age, then try this method. Make a list of all the people that you impacted throughout your career, make sure that these are people that you Read more…
If you show up for an interview in khakis and a button-down, if you feel comfortable in your skin, then wear it. The great thing about Google is you can research the principles of any company and in most cases find pictures, and this should give you an indication of the dress style of that organization. It is difficult to Read more…
Can’t Believe What I Just Heard? “You dress like an old man!” Yes, you heard right,professional attire is changing. How does professional dress? Up to 20 years ago, Business attire for male and female, was usually determined by social and economic status of employment. From a uniformed employee, to the suit and the glass office, attire was part of the Read more…
One of the greatest networking tools is LinkedIn, the average 60-year-old full-time worker has within their network on an average of 750 contacts. As time goes on and people need to continue the work, LinkedIn contacts are usually expanded considerably, and in some cases overachieved. We have all run into people who have reached over 10,000 contacts and we know Read more…