Communicate your relevant skills and experience rather than all your skills. Older workers cannot compete with younger workers. Strategy - Emphasize your abilities, maturity, experience, and judgment. Focus on your commitment to do a good job and on your energy and eagerness to take on new challenges. Communicate your enjoyment in working with people of all ages.
Mature workers increase costs to the employer.
Consideration - AARP's studies demonstrate that there is little factual basis for drawing conclusions regarding the costs of older workers. If there are any higher costs, such costs may be outweighed by the lower turnover rates of mature workers. Although health care premiums may be higher for older workers, they are less likely to have dependents on their policies. Emphasize your skills, your experience, and your stable work record. Counter any negative comment about insurance costs with positive information about the overall cost-effectiveness of midlife and older workers, as well as your own personal track record.