Can I still work in IT at the age of 50?

A survey recently released by a placement committee in the United States shows that although the current wave of layoffs in the IT industry is getting higher and higher, the re-employment environment for people over 50 years old is much better than in the past. , although the corresponding employer requirements have also increased.

John Kane is the owner of a job search agency for the elderly. In the past nine years, he has been constantly looking for suitable jobs for older employees. He said that for these older job seekers, The first requirement, he said, is that they don't lose their temper easily, even when their boss tells them to pack up and get out. "You're unlikely to get meaningful work if you feel sorry for yourself or harp on your last boss," says John Carney.

Of course, there is another condition for older people to find a job - they must know computer skills. People who know Microsoft's Windows operating system have better job prospects. If they are proficient in using the Internet and word processing software, spreadsheets, databases and presentation software, it will add more weight to their job search. Nowadays, most older workers like Canet acquired their computer skills in their second job and actively take courses before applying for jobs again.

Another source of income for Cardane's companies comes from serving as consultants to other companies, or providing temporary personnel for these companies. When John was 50 years old and their seven children had grown up, John realized that he might lose his job in the future wave of layoffs, so he took precautions. The couple sat down to plan their retirement life together. Finally, they decided to set up a job search agency to recruit workers who were in a similar situation to themselves, that is, old people who were about to retire but wanted to continue working even after retirement. After studying many cases, the Kanes found that the reason why older workers can no longer find suitable jobs is because many companies are afraid that one day they will be sued for age discrimination when they fire them. The Canes thought that if they could apply for a bank loan, they might be able to hire these elderly people and then "sublease" them to other companies, so that the people taking the risk would be John and his wife.

Gradually, word of mouth spreads, and more and more bosses are willing to come here to hire older workers, and they do a good job at all. John Carney teaches employees that in addition to skillfully expressing their previous work experience, they must also learn to package their experience in order to promote themselves to the market. In this IT era, they help older workers transform from old industry employees into qualified talents required for high technology, and encourage them to continue learning and start their own businesses if they have the opportunity.

John Carney said that now is the period of industrial depression, and these older workers have more or less been hit by unemployment, so they are working cautiously. The growth and expansion of Kanai Group is inseparable from two main factors. The first reason is population distribution. There are many kinds of jobs nowadays, and there are some positions that young people are not willing to take. The second reason is that older workers value this job very much and are very reliable. John said, “There was a snowstorm last winter, and a company owner called me and said that our older employees were the only ones who kept going to work.

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