The Successful Encore Career

[00:00:00] Welcome to another Successful Encore Career podcast being brought to you by Central Ohio Area Agency on Aging, Nationwide Insurance, Innosource, and our special episode sponsor The Resume Coach. I'm Brett Johnson, a longtime volunteer with Employment For Seniors. And with me is Employment For Seniors' Executive Director Carol Ventresca. [00:00:21] We are in the middle of an incredible series of podcasts on creating resumes and you know it's it where started chuckling going well we should have probably done this first. But I think that this is a wonderful way for us to get information in small pieces so that we can help our clients methodically work through creating their resume because it's so important not just so that you can apply for a job but that you're going to be a great job seeker and a great interviewee because you're going have a good handle on all of your skills and accomplishments by the end of this. So our series of podcasts are inc...

[00:00:00] Welcome to the Successful Encore Career podcast brought to you by Central Ohio Area Agency on Aging, Nationwide Insurance, Innosource and our special episode sponsor The Resume Coach. I'm Brett Johnson, a longtime volunteer with Employment For Seniors. And with me Executive Director Carol Ventresca. [00:00:19] We are in the middle of a wonderful series of podcasts on creating resumes. Resumes are the bane of everybody's existence. That's a job seeker and we all need as much help as we can get on creating resumes. So we are going to do several podcasts talking about the basic information on resumes and why a resume is important in your job search. What to include or not include on a resume and also about accomplishment statements. So in our first podcast we covered the purpose of resumes and formatting and length and appearance and in today's podcast we're going to talk about what to include and we're going to cover the first three sections of resu...

What Employment For Seniors Offers For Our Central Ohio Employer Partners Local employers around Central Oho have found a highly skilled workforce by posting their positions, free of charge, on the Employment For Seniors JobMatch system.  With assistance from the EFS staff, employers are guided through job postings and initial applicant screening.  Executive Direcor Carol Ventresca talks with Barb Stoltz. Employer Outreach Associate with EFS about the reasons hundreds of employers work with EFS every year to find qualified candidates for positions they need to fill. Our goal is to help employers – all sizes, small/medium/large – who are in need of great job applicants.  We particularly strive to assist those smaller employers who do not have full recruiting offices, and those in need of technical help on the recruiting/hiring process. We provide free job postings for employers – no limits on number posted.  We posted 1,300 jobs in 2016 f...

You've just uploaded your resume for a job opening, or you've just exited a great interview.  Now what? Carol Ventresca, Executive Director at Employment For Seniors, talks with David Taylor, an Employment For Seniors' volunteer counselor, about managing your interview expectations. 1) My Resume/online application goes into cyberspace • Confirmation of your resume/application is a courtesy not a requirement. While it is a good practice, the employer may not have the resources or technology to confirm receipt of every resume/ application. • If you have (or can get) contact information, it is ok to follow up to confirm receipt.   2) I met the requirements of the job description but did not get an interview. • Job descriptions are often used in job postings to attract qualified candidates because they meet the legally required notifications about the job and can be used to measure performance in the role. • A well written job description describes ...

The Successful Encore Career podcast from Employment For Seniors In this episode of The Successful Encore Career, Carol welcomes to our studios Debra Shinoskie, Project Director at the  AARP Foundation SCSEP  in Columbus, OH.   This episode is brought to you by  Central Ohio Area Agency on Aging , and  Nationwide Insurance . Interviewing can be a very difficult step for mature job seekers, yet it is one of the most important steps any job seeker can make.  They only have one chance for a great first impression.  What are the basic steps  you would suggest a mature job seeker take to prepare for an interview before the crucial day? a.   De-stress before the interview using relaxation techniques such as exercise, deep breathing, visualization, or whatever works for you (excluding alcohol). b.     Be sure your application materials (e.g. resume, cover letter) are perfect, references have been pulled to...

Employment For Seniors, Inc.   announces a special hiring event on   Friday, April 7, 2017   from 9:30 until 11:30 a.m., featuring the recruiting staff of National Church Residences, at the new EFS office location, 4300 E. Broad Street (First Commonwealth Bank building) in Whitehall, OH. “Mature job seekers can take advantage of this hiring event to meet and network with recruiters from this incredible Columbus-based, national organization, which is expanding throughout the region,” states Dr. Carol Ventresca, Executive Director of Employment For Seniors. “National Church Residences will continue to search for skilled, mature job seekers for their many employment openings. We are very excited to host their recruiting team, providing our clients with this exclusive opportunity." EFS has been expanding programs and services for Central Ohio’s mature job seekers with the move to new facilities. Clients will be able to take advantage of a series of hiring events ...

The Successful Encore Career Podcast - SEC 6 - Lifelong Learning Learning – sounds difficult.  Yet how many of us have learned to book an airline flight, or found a new restaurant online?  Did we find our grandchildren on Facebook?  Or possibly learned a new card game?  We are likely learning something new every day. One major issue mentioned by many employers, regarding mature job seekers, is their inability to learn new skills.  Qualified applicants have to convince employers that they are not only able to learn new skills, but they consider learning to be an important step in their continued success in the workplace. Computer skills are usually the first issue facing older workers.  Technology changes each minute – how can anyone keep up?  There are many other skills critical in today’s job search, such as:  writing, communications, listening, public speaking, math/accounting/budgeting, leadership, teaching/training/tutoring, and man...