One of the characteristics of a great leader is wisdom, and the best way to get wisdom is through experience. Normally that experience includes a few failures — that’s where battle scars and limps come from.
Any competent business owner or executive should want managers who have gained wisdom through the crucible of fiery trials. There’s an almost limitless supply of that kind of talent in unemployed or underemployed people over 40.
When some colleagues and I started a group a few years ago to help people in our community find work, I was not prepared for the crisis of underemployed or unemployed men and women over 40 — particularly white-collar managers.
The mantra of “overqualified and over 40” is well known among that group. Anecdotally, there seems to be a bias against them, and here are some of the reasons I’ve heard from those in a position to hire:
Read the rest in The Business Journals.
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