Failing to narrow down your job search

If you are desperate for a job, just been made redundant, or just don’t know quite what you want to do, you might be like thousands of other job seekers out there and just apply for any old job that comes your way.

However, this is a major mistake, because you need to know exactly what sort of jobs you are going to apply for, BEFORE you start applying for jobs.

Now I know what you might be thinking – I need a job, any job, so I’m just going to apply for jobs. – PERIOD!  However, before you take this path, hear me out.  You see the ‘apply for anything approach’ is not effective.  Why? [Read more…]

I often read headlines that inform us that age discrimination is a really big problem, with the Age Discrimination Commissioner stating that unemployment among older Australians is a national disaster.

Figures released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics show that one-third of older people who have given up looking for work say it is because employers think they are too old.  In addition a staggering 68% of all age discrimination complaints to the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission in Australia are about employment. [Read more…]