Most people work because they have to. What if you could work because you loved to? Start learning how to find a job you love.

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If Jedi Master Yoda was a career coach, he might have said- “instability leads to anxiety. Anxiety leads to stress. Stress leads to inconfidence. Inconfidence leads to desperation, and people will have a hard time getting hired when they radiate such negativity” (ok, maybe that last part was added, but you get the idea). Which means that the sooner you alleviate yourself of that job search stress, the sooner you increase your chances of finding your next job. Here are 5 tips that worked for me.

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Too often, companies emphasize hard work over experience, when instead they should put smart work ahead of hard work. Ever felt that kind of disdain? Then this list is for you.

1. CareerJournal.com: Start by deciding what you want to do next. Emily Allen, manager of the Workforce Initiative Program at AARP: for older workers, it’s often “the first time in life that they can consider what they want to do rather than what they need to do.”

From Forbes.com via YourHRGuy via Waypoint:

2. Midlife job seekers need a resume that looks forward, not backward. To quote from the article- “a résumé shouldn’t read like the testimonial at your retirement dinner.” Rather- “Change the perspective from “look at everything I have done,” to “look at everything I can do for you.”"

3. Don’t be defensive and don’t omit dates. You’ve worked hard to get where you are, so be proud of what you’ve accomplished along the way and be even more enthusiastic about what you have yet to accomplish.

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