| BUSINESSWEEK ONLINE : JULY 19, 1999 ISSUE | ||||||||
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| COVER STORY
Working Your Way Back to Work -- Accentuate the positive. Emphasize your abilities, experience, stability, and judgment. -- Eliminate the negative. To combat the impression that old people are inflexible, stress your eagerness to learn and take on new challenges. Be energetic. -- Look forward, not back. Potential employers aren't interested in hearing about the way things used to be done. -- Write a smart resume. Emphasize your ability to make an immediate contribution. Omit the dates when you earned degrees or held various jobs (say ''five years'' instead of 1955-60). -- Think fast. If your would-be boss is younger, say: ''When I get to the point where I can't learn from someone younger or older than me, I will stop working.'' DATA: AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF RETIRED PERSONS, BUSINESS WEEK _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ |
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