James Williams–a former Senior Manager who has been on the job market for about a year now since being laid off in August 2023–joins us for this episode of The 1:1 Podcast. We talk about what it’s like to be a GenX “industry veteran” in this job market.
00:00 - Intro
01:36 - Being on the job market for a year
04:32 - How has your job search evolved over the past year?
07:22 - Have you picked up hard skills in your job search?
11:08 - Finding new mentors during a job hunt
19:33 - Withholding information
25:08 - Confidence vs ego
28:57 - GenX + age discrimination
36:21 - Culture fit
42:48 - Parting thoughts
BBC article mentioned during the podcast is here:
https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20240320-gen-x-workplace-ageism
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