GETTING HIRED WHEN YOU'RE THE OLDEST APPLICANT

Job hunting at this stage brings a particular worry younger candidates don't carry: whether decades of experience will be read as an asset or a liability. Age bias in hiring is real, and this guide won't pretend otherwise. What it gives you is a practical strategy for a job market that isn't always fair, and a way of presenting your experience that makes the strongest possible case for exactly why it matters, from the CV through to the salary conversation.

• Modernising a CV that may not have changed in fifteen years
• Building the online presence employers now expect
• Handling age-related questions and assumptions head on
• Answering the "overqualified" objection convincingly
• Negotiating from genuine strength rather than desperation