“They don’t want to take a risk.” - Richard Eisenberg on employers’ hiring process.
Richard Eisenberg is the Managing Editor of Next Avenue, an organization that is geared towards baby boomers in the workforce where the slogan is “where grown-ups keep growing.” Throughout his career, Richard has been an editor at Money Magazine, Yahoo! Finance, and Good Housekeeping. He has also authored two books: How To Avoid A Midlife Financial Crisis and The Money Book of Personal Finance.
In this interview, Justin and Richard break down what it means to be a baby booming job seeker, and how being an employee has plausibly changed forever in a post-pandemic world. Richard gives examples of what his own team does to cope with working remotely, talks about the ideality of phased retirement, and focuses on the importance of referrals for job seekers and the stress that comes with the job-seeking process.
Side note: You don’t have to be a baby boomer to come away with actionable job searching tips from this episode. However, if you are a baby boomer you will get a little extra sympathy thrown your way.
SHOW NOTES
- Richard’s background [00:56]
- Next Avenue
- Adjusting to working from home [4:04]
- Coffee talk and one-on-one meetings [8:30]
- Advice for large Zoom meetings [11:48]
- Phased retirement [15:47]
- Wahve [20:06]
- Out of context [26:30]
- Age working against you
- Dealing with the black hole of job searching [30:45]
- Justin’s anecdote [32:05]
- Richard’s favorite Next Avenue contributors [38:19]
