Over 50? Worried about redundancy? Relax – the world is your oyster!
It used to be that losing your job if you were the wrong side of fifty was the death knell of your career. But times have changed. With age comes experience, and today that is a much sought after commodity.
Over recent years we have had considerable success in placing, shall we say, ‘the more mature engineers and managers’ into lucrative positions with companies all over the world. If you’re prepared to travel and be flexible, and if you are open to new challenges, then the next few years could be the most rewarding time of your life. And we don’t just mean financially.
Take this recent scenario. A manager in his fifties came to us when his job with a large UK organisation disappeared. His qualifications, and above all his experience, meant that we had little difficulty in finding him a new position with an international foundry group based in the Far East who desperately needed the technical knowledge our candidate had.
Primarily he went out to the Far East on a six-month interim contract, but that was quickly extended and after completing the initial assignment he was then appointed the company’s main ‘trouble-shooter’, where he moved around within the group to sort out any technical problems they were facing. In addition to receiving an attractive salary package, managers such as our example here are generally looked after most royally with other benefits including a high specification of quality and comfortable accommodation. All this, plus generous leave agreements and a reasonable number of flights back home mean that it is now possible to enjoy the best of both worlds – literally.
We find that many companies recognise the benefits of maturity and experience and lots of companies still retain a massive respect for candidates who have built up years of experience. If this experience has been gained within a number of different companies and even a variety of selected disciplines such as production, technical and or operational experience – then so much the better.
We always advise candidates that globalisation is making the world a smaller place, so be prepared to take advantage of it … and reap the rewards.
