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John Tarnoff

Making Your Career Change at 50: How to Accept What You Cannot Change

9 min readMay 22, 2023

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Making Your Career Change at 50: How to Accept What You Cannot Change

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John Tarnoff

How to Perfect the Informational Interview as an Experienced Professional

The informational interview is an under-appreciated and under-utilized opportunity to grow your network and build your professional brand…

9 min readFeb 1, 2021

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How to Perfect the Informational Interview as an Experienced Professional

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John Tarnoff

Don’t Let Age Discrimination Ruin Your Job: Planning for 2021

If your job was turned upside down in 2020, or you’re thinking you could get laid off at any moment, what are your prospects for 2021? Not…

11 min readOct 16, 2020

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Don’t Let Age Discrimination Ruin Your Job: Planning for 2021

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John Tarnoff

How to Embrace ”Generativity” and Avoid “Stagnation” in Your Career Over 50

“Generativity vs Stagnation.” This is psychologist Erik Erikson’s challenge to late-career professionals. If we don’t keep “generating”…

9 min readOct 2, 2020

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How to Embrace ”Generativity” and Avoid “Stagnation” in Your Career Over 50

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John Tarnoff

Marla Wynne: A Playbook for Women Over 50

Women over 50 are well-positioned to make a career comeback in today’s volatile economy, mitigating the wage losses and ageism of the past…

10 min readSep 16, 2020

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Marla Wynne: A Playbook for Women Over 50

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John Tarnoff

The Most Powerful Networking Plan? Always Be Giving

For every networking plan we make to successfully reach out and engage with our connections, we dread the entire process. How can we…

14 min readAug 31, 2020

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The Most Powerful Networking Plan? Always Be Giving

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John Tarnoff

Create Job Security in a Precarious World? Become an Intrapreneur

Job security has become a luxury that your employer can no longer afford to grant you. Redefine the value that you deliver to your…

11 min readAug 20, 2020

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Create Job Security in a Precarious World? Become an Intrapreneur

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John Tarnoff

Working From Home Over 50 – Maximizing Productivity, Staying Sane

My approach to career development is inner-focused. So I approach the issues that come up around working from home in the same way. We…

14 min readAug 13, 2020

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Working From Home Over 50 – Maximizing Productivity, Staying Sane

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John Tarnoff

My 9 Top Resume Tips to Get You in the Door

The resume tips you got when you were younger no longer apply in the digital era. Your resume is no longer your primary job search tool…

11 min readAug 8, 2020

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My 9 Top Resume Tips to Get You in the Door

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John Tarnoff

Follow Your Bliss? No! Follow Your Usefulness

Many of us came of age inspired by mythologist Joseph Campbell and the line that is often attributed to him: “Follow your bliss and the…

12 min readJul 31, 2020

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Follow Your Bliss? No! Follow Your Usefulness

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John Tarnoff

John Tarnoff

John Tarnoff is a career transition coach, speaker and best-selling author who helps mid-career professionals transition to meaningful and rewarding careers.

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