{"id":1391,"date":"2018-10-05T12:57:55","date_gmt":"2018-10-05T12:57:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ejobsitesoftware.com\/blog\/?p=1391"},"modified":"2018-10-05T13:08:13","modified_gmt":"2018-10-05T13:08:13","slug":"how-to-age-proof-your-resume-and-linkedin-profile","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ejobsitesoftware.com\/blog\/how-to-age-proof-your-resume-and-linkedin-profile\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Age-Proof Your Resume And LinkedIn Profile"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By Nancy Collamer <\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re over 50, do you worry that your age might hurt your job prospects? Sadly, you could be right. As my Next Avenue editor Richard Eisenberg recently wrote, it now takes the average 55+ job seeker seven to eight months to find a job compared with just 15 weeks for job hunters between 20 and 24.<\/p>\n<p>Ageism persists, even in this tight labor market. But according to career pros Jan Melnik (president and chief job-search strategist at Absolute Advantage) and Marie Zimenoff (CEO of Resume Writing Academy), there are smart steps you can take to age-proof your resum\u00e9 and LinkedIn profile to increase the odds of landing a job.<\/p>\n<p>Read More:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/nextavenue\/2018\/10\/01\/how-to-age-proof-your-resume-and-linkedin-profile\/#7ce947c02e24\">https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/nextavenue\/2018\/10\/01\/how-to-age-proof-your-resume-and-linkedin-profile\/#7ce947c02e24<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Nancy Collamer If you\u2019re over 50, do you worry that your age might hurt your job prospects? Sadly, you could be right. As my Next Avenue editor Richard Eisenberg recently wrote, it now takes the average 55+ job seeker seven to eight months to find a job compared with just 15 weeks for job [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1392,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[46,66],"tags":[59],"class_list":["post-1391","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","category-hr-2","tag-linkedin"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ejobsitesoftware.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/linkedin.jpeg?fit=960%2C614&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4vlXG-mr","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1287,"url":"https:\/\/ejobsitesoftware.com\/blog\/8-things-to-think-about-before-you-post-a-resume-on-job-boards\/","url_meta":{"origin":1391,"position":0},"title":"8 Things To Think About Before You Post A R\u00e9sum\u00e9 On Job Boards","author":"admin","date":"August 31, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"By Jack Kelly There may be a time in your job search when you feel you\u2019ve exhausted all avenues. 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