Six tips for getting a job if you're over 50

That was the connection from Chancellor Jeremy Hunt past period erstwhile helium urged radical who person retired aboriginal to instrumentality to the workforce to assistance revive the economy.

Mr Hunt promised that for anyone looking to get backmost to work, the authorities would marque it worthy their while.

We await details of the measures, but successful the meantime the BBC asked recruiters and charities for tips for anyone seeking to instrumentality to work.

Unfortunately ageism is inactive a problem, says James Reed, main enforcement of recruitment steadfast Reed.

"Despite authorities to forestall property discrimination, older jobseekers tin inactive look bias," helium admits.

He suggests shifting the absorption distant from your property and onto your quality wherever you can.

While you shouldn't prevarication astir your age, there's nary request to item it either," helium says.

"Consider streamlining your CV and taking retired older acquisition that dates backmost much than 10 years, oregon omit dates successful the conception listing your education."

Employers are allowed to inquire for your day of birth, to spot whether they are attracting a wide scope of candidates, for example. But they should support this abstracted from the application, says the foundation Age UK.

If wellness is the crushed you near your past job, it tin beryllium tricky. But you don't person to notation it astatine interview, unless it could impact your enactment successful the future.

Petra Tagg, manager astatine Manpower, says it's up to you to determine however overmuch accusation you share.

"There's nary request to disclose a past of unwellness if it won't impact your quality to execute your duties," she says.

However, she says beryllium truthful astir wellness concerns that whitethorn impact your quality to execute a occupation oregon if you whitethorn request clip off.

Laura Reilly, manager astatine Taurus HR, advises keeping the reasons for leaving erstwhile employment comparatively airy and positive.

"Once an connection has been received, immoderate disclosures tin beryllium made - including if tenable adjustments request to beryllium made for you," she says.

Yvonne Smyth from recruitment steadfast Hays says that if you are asked to implicit a workplace accommodation appraisal oregon form, that is the clip to disclose immoderate wellness accusation you consciousness whitethorn person an interaction connected your work. But that is usually a small further on successful the interrogation process.

Older workers tin often look prejudicial questions astir integer literacy and skills, James Reed says.

For that crushed helium says it's worthwhile polishing skills successful areas valued by employers.

He says things similar utilizing quality alerts to support up with developments successful immoderate fixed tract tin assistance you basal retired from the assemblage during the interrogation process.

Taking voluntary opportunities tin besides boost your skills arsenic you efficaciously get on-the-job grooming successful immoderate exertion is used, says Stuart Lewis, main enforcement of Rest Less, a website that provides resources for jobs and volunteering for the over-50s.

He besides advises making it wide successful your exertion that you're funny successful caller challenges and learning caller skills.

Some older radical find they don't person the vigor for full-time work, oregon person caring responsibilities oregon simply similar to enactment part-time.

But you shouldn't beryllium acrophobic to inquire for flexible work. In fact, employers whitethorn expect it.

Businesses are progressively realising that offering flexible moving helps clasp older workers, according to Tracy Riddell, of the Centre for Ageing Better.

The Acas website has further guidance connected flexible moving requests here.

James Reed says older jobseekers shouldn't regularisation retired gaining caller nonrecreational qualifications. It tin show to prospective employers your quality to accommodate and larn caller skills, oregon adjacent beryllium the commencement of a full caller career.

Apprenticeships, for instance, are not conscionable for the young. Older workers and career-switchers tin bash them too.

And deliberation astir your "transferable skills", says Clare McCartney from the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development.

If you are a bully communicator oregon person tons of enactment experience, for example, you could see applying for jobs successful antithetic industries, she says.

The UK authorities has further proposal connected enactment for older workers here.

Petra Tagg from Manpower says older workers should effort to debar falling into the trap of undervaluing themselves.

She says that often the vantage for older workers is the breadth of acquisition they bring.

"In circumstances wherever other, younger candidates whitethorn look to person much to offer, reminding yourself of what makes you basal retired from the assemblage is simply a speedy and effectual mode to physique consciousness and assurance successful yourself and your ain worth," she says.

She says radical tin usage a occupation statement "to propulsion retired each the things you tin do, and springiness existent examples, alternatively than focusing connected those you don't person acquisition in".