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Jobs for over 50s

John Mann
Hi All,

Arrived at work today for the first day of the new year to find that I and eveyone else have lost their jobs. This despite record profits last year. It's a long and involved story.

I am 56. So please, ANY advice welcomed on job-seeking. I'm an Electronc Engineer and have also the parallel roles of Quality Manager and Production Manager. Quite happy to work "hands on".

My software experience is 13+ years out of date due to my employer having a great divide between hardware and software.

John/
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    Another thought...


    You haven't said whether you are CEng / IEng, if not this might (if you can afford it) be the time to go for it. Anyway, just pulling together the application and discussing it with a PRA doesn't cost you anything.
    1. It will look good on your CV as a recent "third party" endorsement of your skills, experience and underlying knowledge and understanding

    • Working through this process (particularly if you use a PRA) will help you look realistically at your skills and experience, and is likely to help you improve the way your CV looks to other companies. The professional registration process is all about selling yourself in a realistic and honest but positive way.

    • If it takes some time to find a role it's a really good partial answer to the inevitable interview question "what have you been doing since you were made redundant?"


    Cheers,


    Andy
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    Another thought...


    You haven't said whether you are CEng / IEng, if not this might (if you can afford it) be the time to go for it. Anyway, just pulling together the application and discussing it with a PRA doesn't cost you anything.
    1. It will look good on your CV as a recent "third party" endorsement of your skills, experience and underlying knowledge and understanding

    • Working through this process (particularly if you use a PRA) will help you look realistically at your skills and experience, and is likely to help you improve the way your CV looks to other companies. The professional registration process is all about selling yourself in a realistic and honest but positive way.

    • If it takes some time to find a role it's a really good partial answer to the inevitable interview question "what have you been doing since you were made redundant?"


    Cheers,


    Andy
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