How To Overcome Age Discrimination In Your 2020 Job Search

Do you think age discrimination is affecting your job search? Do you feel like you are losing out to the competition because you're older? If so, you're not alone in this thinking, and I'm going to share with you some information that's going to help you overcome this challenge.

2 Ways You're Killing Your Career (And How To Avoid Them!)

Take a second to examine where you are right now. Think about every detail: where you sit at work, your first day on the job and the decisions that led you to work for your organization. Was it the money? Benefits package? Professional growth potential? Have these reasons changed in any way and/or has your opinion of your organization improved or worsened since your first day?

Good vs Bad: How Are You Assigning Value To Career Experiences?

I introduced the idea of a career story to all of you in a previous article and video. I talked about the fact that every single one of us as human beings creates these stories in our head. They go on constant repeat and define and explain who we are as professionals and how we got to where we are today.

All of us have had experiences in our careers that we labeled "good" or "bad." The problem with this is it limits our future career decisions. The truth is, we should never interpret an experience as "bad" because we miss out on using it to our advantage. In this video, J.T. O'Donnell explains why you need to stop labeling past experiences as negative so you can unlock the full potential of your future.

What's YOUR Career Story?

Your career story is a collection of experiences you've had that you've sorted through, labeled, and strung together to make sense of your career. Many people don't realize how their career story is impacting their ability to succeed. In this video, J.T. discusses how assessing your career story and editing it as needed can help catapult your career.