A career guide you fill in
How to apply for jobs after 50 in Germany
A fillable guide across 26 pages: you weigh the six unspoken reservations by what each one costs you, rebuild your CV into three time zones, and write out your answers to the age questions word for word.
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Where you are
What's holding you up
You get invited less often than you used to, and nobody tells you why.
For you if you are applying from around 50 onwards and your hit rate has changed.
The build
How you work through it.
Not a loose pile of pages to skim. The order is built on purpose, each part sits on the one before it, and you end up with a finished result instead of a list of good advice.
Weigh the six concerns
You work through the six unspoken reservations about older candidates in the German market, ordered by how much each one costs you the invitation. Only two of them decide it.
Rebuild the CV into three zones
The last 12 to 15 years take 80 percent of the space, older roles move into a single archive line. Plus clear calls on graduation years, date of birth, photo and length.
Show that you are current
You enter three pieces of evidence with a year: what it was, when it happened, and where it sits in your documents. Claims like “very willing to learn” get deleted word for word.
Prepare age questions and salary
The typical questions get an answer written out in full. On salary, the gap to the target role's band decides which sentence holds up.
What is inside
Job Hunting Over 50
13 €- Six concerns weighted by what they cost you
- Results instead of years of service
- Age questions with answers word for word
- A week plan for the better channels
One-off, no subscriptionInstant downloadInvoice incl. 19% VAT
A look inside
Real pages, not mockups.
Three pages from the guide, exactly as they reach you after the purchase.
The download
One purchase, two languages, two ways to work.
Both versions
The download holds two folders, one English, one German. You pay once and decide yourself which language you work in.
Real form fields
You type straight into the PDF on your computer and save as you go. Printing works too, it just is not necessary.
Worksheets included
If you would rather write in Word, use the worksheets that come with it.
What the price is measured against
Fighting the wrong concern means months spent rewriting the wrong document.
Who is behind it
Written from the hiring manager's side.
I am Nick, over 7 years in HR teams from start-up to corporate, most recently as Head of People. Everything in this guide is something I have used, asked or decided myself.
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What buyers want to know first.
Does this not just sugarcoat the situation?
No. All six reservations are in there unfiltered, including the two that actually decide the invitation. That is exactly what makes it useful: you stop working on the wrong thing.
Is this in English or in German?
Both. The download holds two folders, one with the English and one with the German version. You pay once and decide yourself which language you work in, which helps when a German employer asks for documents in German.
Do I have to print this out?
No. The PDF has real form fields, you type straight into it on your computer and save as you go. If you prefer Word, use the worksheets that come with it. Printing works too, it is just not necessary.
How does buying work, and is it safe?
Payment runs through Stripe, the same payment provider Amazon and Zalando use. I never see your card details. Right after payment you get the download link on the confirmation page and by email, plus an invoice showing German VAT. Checkout, download and confirmation email are all in English.
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Job Hunting Over 50
The six concerns nobody says out loud, and how you answer each one before it is raised.
One-off, incl. 19% German VAT.English and German version in the same downloadRight of withdrawal