Back to Work: Employability Skills Training Handbook for 50+ Professionals

You've spent decades building expertise, navigating workplaces, and delivering results. Now you're ready to get back to work — and this handbook is your roadmap.

Born from a successful employability programme delivered to long-term unemployed Black and minority ethnic adults over 50 in London, this handbook tackles the real barriers head-on: age discrimination, confidence loss, digital exclusion, and racial inequality in the workplace. The result? Renewed identity, clarity, and a genuine pathway back into employment.

What You'll Gain

• Confidence — practical strategies to rebuild your professional self-belief
• Clarity — a step-by-step framework to reposition yourself in today's job market
• Tools — CV guidance, interview preparation, and personal positioning techniques that actually work
• Resilience — how to handle rejections and keep moving forward
• Digital readiness — demystifying the digital workplace so you can compete with confidence

What's Inside

• Employability skills breakdown
• Confidence rebuilding strategies
• CV and personal positioning guidance
• Interview preparation techniques
• Digital awareness and workplace readiness
• Reflection exercises and action planning
• Dealing with job rejections

Who Is This For?

• Over-50 professionals returning after a career break or long-term unemployment
• Those navigating age bias, racial inequality, or a loss of professional confidence
• Anyone who wants to reposition — not restart — their career
• Coaches, trainers, and employment advisors working with this demographic

"Your decades of work and life experience are not baggage — they are capital. Your experience is your advantage."

Available Formats

• Paperback — Physical copy delivered to your door
• Ebook — Instant digital download delivered to your email immediately after purchase. Compatible with all devices including Kindle, iPad, and smartphones.