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"You have too many years of experience and you can't teach a dog new tricks"

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In today's market, it is getting harder to find job opportunities in both the finance and accounting fields for executives with over 20 years of experience. Today, companies are looking for the younger, less experienced employee ( 7-10 years) whom they can employ for less and think they will stay longer. In my experience in hiring professionals, the tenured executives are the stable and more reliable of the workforce, yet companies are not leaning in that direction anymore. What are we able to do to get around this new wave of thinking?

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Right or wrong, I think companies believe they are saving $

Andrew:

This is a very interesting topic, especially these days. I thi...

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Right or Wrong;how to navigate?

Without "interning" for them to see your worth, how do we approach companies ...

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If they care about age, you don't want to work there!

I hate it when people don't provide me a full resume. The resume is your prof...

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Over 25 years experience and over 50

CFO in Kolkata India Andrew this is not only in the US but has also trickled dow...
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Value of seasoned job seaker

I am one of the unemployed, my last position was with a small company where I...

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"You have too many years of experience and you can't teach a dog

I really loved Tom's latest comments on this subject. It shows the positive s...

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Show the value proposition

I also like Tom's reality show, it shows in today's economic times what peopl...

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Maybe it's the recruiters...

I'm going to open a can of worms here by suggesting that a lot of the problem...

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Perhaps it's the recruiters...or maybe the company culture?

Well..can I dump the whole can of worms on the table?

Let's face it, m...

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Context and relevance are key

I appreciate and can absolutely relate to the posted comments. However, the ...

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Maybe it's the recruiters...

I agree with Bryan's points. With one exception, I have yet to work with an ...

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HR and the screening.

How do we get the HR to realize the value of experience, loyality and stability ...
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I think b/c we've given up

Asbjorn: You can't "teach" experience very well. I think they inherently unders...
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Age

I think the pendulum will swing back to experience and stability. In this age w...
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Go around the Recruiters

To combat the lack of recognition by an HR recruiter of your experience and skil...
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Strategic vs Hands On

I switched from a career in engineering (Ph.D, 11+ years in my field) into finan...
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Old Dogs Can be Taught New Tricks

A great discussion, with some wonderful insights, on a very stressful topic. ...