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How to Find a Job and Survive over 40

Introduction

In job interviews, are you often told you are "too experienced" or "too senior"? Does your resume read like a retirement dinner testimonial? Being out of a job takes a heavy toll on one’s finances, self-esteem and family.

If you are over 40 and especially if you are over 50, you know that people do discriminate in their hiring practices. Hard to prove, but it is true. Younger people are cheaper and easier to place as there are perceptions that older people are harder to manage, don’t listen, follow directions, etc.. You have heard all the excuses.

Change the employers view from "looking at everything I’ve done" to "look at everything that I can do for you" at this special CareerCross seminar. Learn how to get a job and what you can do from tomorrow and make yourself employable and in demand.

Our speaker, Ken Koike, has:
1) Been fired and hired three times since turning 50 years old
2) Plumbed the depths of unemployment for over a year and been under employed for over six months 
3) Experienced personal bankruptcy and severe depression

And is now HAPPY, SUCCESSFUL and PASSIONATE about life.
Hear and learn from his experience to change your life.

 

Speaker

Ken Koike
Japan Regional Sales Director, Chipworks

Mr. Koike is a graduate of Goshen College and Notre Dame University and had lived and worked in both Japan and the USA.
His business career began as a Systems Engineer for IBM in 1977 and has been employed by such companies as IBM, Ericsson, Red Hat, etc., and many others before taking the Japan Regional Sales Director position at Chipworks.

Ken Koike
 

People who should attend

  • Those that have been fired, laid off, or forced out of a company
  • Those that are uninspired by what they do / anxious to find a new career path
  • Have a will to make themselves better

Outline

Title
How to Find a Job and Survive Over 40
Speaker
Ken Koike
Date
Wednesday, March 30th, 18:45hrs - 20:55 hrs(Registration from 18:30hrs)
Organizer
CareerCross / C.C. Consulting Co., Ltd.
Language
Japanese
Venue
Kodomo no Shiro 8F (Shibuya) View Map
Cost
8,000 yen (Payable by Credit Card)  Early bird discount 7,000yen (by March 18th)
 
 
 
 

We will cover:

  • Finding employment when in your 40s & 50s
  • How to change industries
  • The employer’s viewpoint on who gets hired
 

Schedule

Part 1
Why listen to Ken Koike
Part 2
What kind of a person gets hired
Part 3
Tips for finding a job after 50
Part 4
What you can do tomorrow to find a job
Part 5
Q &A
 
 

* Held in Japanese