If you're an "older" job hunter, more than likely you already know that the ultracompetitive job search process in today's economy is especially hard on you. You can succeed during interviews with younger hiring managers, but you'll want to think and act differently.

"Out with the old, in with the new," isn't that what they always say? The same thing applies to your résumé. Chances are you applied for hundreds of jobs in 2009, only to be ignored or rejected. That means that something has to change.

Six Ways to Stay Positive During Your Job Search... The layoff you think is bad today will actually lead to great events in the future with the right approach and action plan.

We'd all like to believe that when we send our resume via a job board or a company Web site that there is someone eagerly waiting on the other side ready to read every word of it. But these days, job applicants are lucky if an actual person is reading any of it, at least on the initial screening.

So, you've made it through your first round of interviews -- congratulations -- and now you're on to the second and third round ... the good stuff.