I left my job at age 54 and accepted an offer a month later. These 4 strategies helped me land on my feet

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Dave Posey, who recently turned 55 and is a general manager and vice president at Sanborn. He's located in Parker, Colorado. The essay has been edited for length and clarity. I spent three decades in manufacturing, distribution, and channel sales, and I quit my previous role in May. Nobody forced me out — I could see where the company was headed, and it wasn't where I wanted to go. I left on principle, with no job and no prospect of one. I'm in my mid-50s, and this was the first time in my career that had ever been true. A month later, in June, I'd accepted an offer as general manager and vice president of the spatial intelligence division at Sanborn. I hired a career coach two months before I quit, while I was still employed and not actively looking for work. My coach showed me what I should do to interest employers, and as a result, a recruiter came to me instead of the other way around.

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