Do Your Job Search Techniques Show Your Age - FlexJobs

Do Your Job Search Techniques Show Your Age - FlexJobsDo Your Job Search Techniques Show Your Age -2Ageism is a common experience and complaint among job seekers of a certain age. Whether at the younger or older ends of the job seeker age range, some employers unfortunately take into account your perceived age when considering your job application.LearnVest, one of the leading personal finance and lifestyle sites on the web, has a great breakdown of how people conduct their job searches based on their generation, and we thought our job seekers could benefit from the info. Members get 15% off any financial plan from LearnVest Subscribers to LearnVests financial planning service get personalized help from Certified Financial Planners on all aspects of their financial needs, from budgeting help to debt reduction to retirement planning and more. Learn more about LearnVest discount at our Member Savings site.Here are some of the key points from, Does the Way You Job Hunt Show Your Age?A s urvey of over 5,000 job seekers representing in richtung Y, Gen X, and Baby Boomers found that they have the following job search techniques in commonAll spend the majority of their time looking onlineMost favor online job boardsAll three groups spend between 5-20 hours a week lookingAll generations use social media in some form but Twitter is the least popular job search tool for everyoneThats where the similarities end.Check out your generations results to see how you differ from job seekers of other generationsGen Y Job SeekersGen Y, also known as millennials, is more optimistic about finding a job, values workplace flexibility, and is more likely to plan to go back to school instead of continuing their search. Theyre also seeing more results 33% of millennials said they were able to find employment in less than one month, compared to 29% of Gen X and 24% of boomers. Aside from requiring lower salaries, they may be bagging jobs because theyre prepping more 68% said they practice interview questions before an interview, whereas only 60% of Gen X and just 52% of boomers said the same.Gen X Job SeekersGen X has the fruchtwein angst about looking for work. 72 percent of this group are stressed and frustrated, more so than boomers (69%) and Gen Y (61%). Whats on Gen Xs wish list for that ideal job? Sixty five% said job security, while 62% said employee benefits like health care and 55% said location. Gen X isnt content to wait for an employer forever. Thirty-six percent said they have considered starting their own business instead of continuing their job search, compared to 35% of boomers and 31% of Gen Y.Baby Boomer Job SeekersSurprisingly, boomers spent the most time on social networks of all three generations. Baby boomers job search online the most and use social networks, especially LinkedIn when conducting a search, says Dan Schwabel, founder of Millennial Branding. Boomers, though, are having the toughest time getting a job. Twenty-five percent have been job searching for over a year (compared to 17% of Gen X and 10% of Gen Y). Boomers feel like theyre being singled out because of their age 65% said they suffer from age discrimination, compared to only 22% of Gen X and 21% of Gen Y. Boomers, however, were least likely to say they would consider going back to school than continuing their job search (23%), compared to 35% of Gen X and 48% of Gen Y.If other generations are conducting their job searches differently than you, or have a different attitude or outlook than yours, it may be worth adapting your job search to include their techniques. Especially in the world of online job searching, reworking your job search to make your age less of an issue is totally possible.Readers, do your job search techniques show your age? Share with us below