Articles of Interest (January 21, 2025)

Articles of Interest:

• 3 Ways To Age-Proof Your Resume & LinkedIn Profile (Cheryl Simpson / Jenna Arcand, October 17, 2024)

The article offers strategies for minimizing age-related biases in job applications. It emphasizes the importance of updating your LinkedIn profile picture to convey energy and professionalism, removing dates from your education listings to prevent assumptions about your age, and omitting employment dates prior to 2000 to focus on recent experience. These steps can help in reducing the likelihood of age discrimination during the hiring process.

Read more at https://tinyurl.com/2k4bcst9

• The Business of Your Life (Cory Gregory, January 21, 2025)
The article emphasizes the importance of treating one's life with the same diligence and structure as a business. It suggests that individuals should assess their personal affairs, identify areas of chaos or disorganization, and implement strategies to streamline and improve these aspects. By doing so, one can achieve greater efficiency, productivity, and overall satisfaction in life.

Read more at https://tinyurl.com/5yr6cxt7

• Work It Daily Newsletter (January 21, 2025) - J.T. O'Donnell - CEO, Work It Daily

How to Leverage Your Feed for Career Change

Think of your LinkedIn feed as your live portfolio.
Start sharing insights, analysis, and thoughts about the industry you want to enter. Comment on relevant trends, engage with industry leaders, and showcase your understanding of the field's challenges and opportunities. This accomplishes two crucial things:
1. It provides evidence of your knowledge and capabilities in your target field
2. It helps you appear in recruiters' searches thanks to LinkedIn's algorithm, which picks up on the consistent themes in your content

Appeared as Moderator:

• On-Demand NAIA-SIDA Webinar: Baseball/Softball Refresher Course (presented January 21, 2025) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-IDkcCOnOY