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    The Positioning System

    You Are Not Too Old to Start Over. You Are Too Experienced to Keep Playing by Broken Rules.

    1 min readBy Lindsay MustainCandidate Value Ladder
    The Positioning System

    You Are Not Too Old to Start Over. You Are Too Experienced to Keep Playing by Broken Rules.

    Lindsay Mustain · Talent Paradigm

    You're NOT too old to start over.
    You're too experienced to keep doing what isn't working.

    Applying to 100 jobs a week.
    Getting ghosted by recruiters.
    Settling for less than you're worth.

    There's a better way.
    And it starts when you stop playing by broken rules.

    Ready to close your Hireability Gap™ and become the obvious choice before the role even posts? The full Theory of Hireability™ manifesto is at TheoryOfHireability.com.

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