How To Land A Job When You're Over 55

A common theme I hear from candidates in their mid fifties and older, is that being out of work when you are over 55 is the proverbial “kiss of death” to a career.   I hear from these candidates that they feel overlooked and passed over, that their resumes go into the dreaded black hole and they don’t get calls — let alone interviews — solely because of the their age and nothing more.