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    Job Search 65
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    Job Search 65

    By Bobby Everett Smith

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    If you are 65 or even older, you can still get a good job if you want to work. Following these guidelines is your best bet. It might not be at the same pay you made in the past, but it should be fun and financially rewarding—supplementing your net worth so that you want have to worry if you live a long life—past 90 for example.
    I got a job with IBM at age 65. They hired me because of my skills which they needed. They paid me well—in excess of $1 million over the next seven years. It was one of my best jobs ever-- a thrill to be a senior member of the team that landed an $800 million contract for IBM.
    Getting a job as a senior requires all the job-hunting skills required of younger people plus additional skills that will help you land a new job.
    My theme is that if you want to work, you can. But it is not easy. This e-book contains a great deal of information that will help you improve your odds of getting a fun and profitable job.
    Don’t forget, it takes a positive and confident attitude to land that position as a senior citizen. Remember too that hiring managers are thinking about themselves. They want someone to solve problems, to deal with customers positively and to make them look good to their management. You can do that and in many cases, even better than younger employees. Good luck with your job search.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBobby Everett Smith
    Release dateMay 18, 2015
    ISBN9781310345111
    Job Search 65
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    Bobby Everett Smith

    Bobby Everett Smith www.bobsmithsblog.comBobby Everett Smith is an American author of fiction and non-fiction essays, short stories and novels, and the publisher of the blog bobsmithsblog.com.Born and raised in Wichita Falls, Texas, Smith earned a degree in Economics from Rice University and an MBA from the University of Washington. Primarily during the Cold War, he served as an aviator in the U.S. Navy. His tours in East and Southeast Asia are inspiration for many of his works, taking the reader vicariously along for his adventurous rides, launched from aircraft carriers in the 7th Fleet.Fueled by his own leadership experiences in the U.S. Navy and the private sector, Smith has become passionate and knowledgeable about our nation’s leaders. In nearly a dozen summaries of great presidential biographies, he examines the lives, achievements and legacies of these important political figures.Smith’s most recent novel, Lida Murry Smith, was inspired by his own family history. Set in the backdrop of the women’s suffrage movement, it traces the arduous and courageous 1905 fictional journey of the Smith family from their farm in Missouri, through the Indian Territories and Oklahoma to a new farm in Texas.For access to these and other works of Bobby Everett Smith, visit:https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/744702

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      Job Search 65 - Bobby Everett Smith

      Job Search 65

      How I Made $1.178 Million after Age 65

      By Bobby Everett Smith

      Copyright © 2015 Bobby Everett Smith

      All rights reserved.

      Distributed by Smashwords

      This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This ebook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this ebook with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each person you share it with. If you’re reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then you should return to Smashwords.com and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.

      Contents

      Chapter 1 Introduction

      Chapter 2 IBM hired me at age 65

      Chapter 3 Job Hiring Legal Issues

      Chapter 4 LinkedIn Job Search

      Chapter 5 Resume—Long copy sells

      Chapter 6 Cover Letter

      Chapter 7 Email Campaign

      Chapter 8 How to perform at your interview

      Chapter 9 Top 10 jobs for seniors

      Chapter 10 Summary

      Appendix 1 SPAM

      Chapter 1 Introduction

      Are you like me? A senior citizen, 65 and over? Or in my case 80 and over? Don’t laugh, I still want to work and frankly need to work. Not to make as much money as I once did but to supplement my current retirement income. Besides, work is good. It keeps the brain active and builds up a feeling of self-worth. Also, it’s hard to predict my life expectancy, so it is necessary to keep my net worth at a maximum.

      At 65 years, I was co-CEO of my own company selling Sun Microsystems computers as a Value Added Reseller in San Jose, California, the center of Silicon Valley. We were doing pretty well but my wife introduced me to an opportunity to buy a new house in Alabama where I could pay cash for the house and still have money left over. We did that but working was still attractive and I got a job with IBM and made over $1 million in the next seven years. I have the tax returns to prove it.

      At 80 I still want to work but have found it increasingly difficult to get a job. That’s why I am writing this book. It is a guide for myself that I am sharing with you. Following my own advice and, these steps are my guide. Hopefully, I will have a new job, if only part time or temporary, when the book is done, in a couple of months.

      Job hiring discrimination because of age is against the law but everybody does it anyway—well, almost everybody does it. You can read some of the legal issues and how to work with them in Chapter 3.

      If you want to work, you’ve got a treasure-trove of experience not to mention a work ethic that cannot be beat by the younger generation. If you have or can develop a positive attitude about getting a job, you will be successful.

      I go over some principles about writing a resume and cover letter, conducting an interview and the follow-up required to get the job you are looking for. Also some guidelines for negotiating your offer and some special advice and top potential jobs for seniors.

      Good luck with your job search.

      Chapter 2 How I Made $1.178 Million after Age 65

      California, 1998

      In January 1998, I was 64 years old, living in Morgan Hill, California and working in San Jose about 30 miles north.

      One evening, my wife, Harriet, was lying on the couch reading one of her dog magazines. She is a breeder of purebred Shetland Sheepdogs, aka Shelties, and a dog-show judge for Shelties and Bearded Collies. Listen to this, she said, and she proceeded to read to me an ad from the dog magazine.

      For Sale: 4 Bedroom and 3 bath house on 34 acres. Kennel for 14 dogs with covered runs. $275,000, call 256 555 1322.

      Wow, we could sell this house for $500,000 and pay cash for that one. Where is it?

      Moving was not on the agenda. Capri Systems, our new company was just being completed and we had only recently raised $600,000 working capital. We had a couple of Silicon Valley all-stars on our board of directors and a bright but challenging future.

      A senior partner with the very famous law firm of Wilson, Sonsini, Goodrich and Rosati had joined our Board of Directors. Mario had taken a liking to Dick Crouch and me and our first startup, CAT Technology, Inc. Landing him on our board had been a real coup especially when he started investing in our firm.

      Wilson Sonsini was well known as legal firm for many startups in Silicon Valley. By investing in their clients, they had prospered financially with the growth of new technology enterprises like Sun Microsystems, Cisco, Oracle and many others.

      The next morning after Harriet’s discovery of the real estate ad and over breakfast, I said, "Why don’t we call the number on the ad and see where it is. We’ve got

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