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TexasTowelie

(123,908 posts) Tue Oct 1, 2019, 06:30 AM Oct 2019

As an older worker in Connecticut, what's it like trying to find a new job? Here's what we learned. [View all]

Imagine, late in your career, creating a LinkedIn profile, chopping your extensive resume down to two pages, and peppering your cover letter with algorithm-friendly keywords.

After months of trying, you finally land the elusive phone or in-person interview with a hiring manager. And then: crickets.

Computer programmer Mark Kirschblum has been looking for work since December 2018.

"It's more of a science, almost an art," Kirschblum says. "I'm somewhat introverted, so to do the networking gets me out of my comfort zone. But you do what you have to do."

Read more: https://www.courant.com/politics/capitol-watch/hc-pol-capitol-watch-podcast-older-workers-in-connecticut-20191001-dr7ltx7bbna6pc6xvugeovvt7i-story.html
(Hartford Courant)

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As an older worker in Connecticut, what's it like trying to find a new job? Here's what we learned. [View all] TexasTowelie Oct 2019 OP

It sucks pertello Oct 2019 #1

I'll be 60 LittleGirl Oct 2019 #2

Yeah when the crash hit, or the great RepubliCON recession, I lost my job at 57 Farmer-Rick Oct 2019 #3

Amazing that age questions are illegal, but they (interviewers) still either manage to blatantly... SWBTATTReg Oct 2019 #10

No, experience doesn't count for anything anymore. Know why? Your experience is Nay Oct 2019 #11

Ding, Ding, Ding!!! BINGO LittleGirl Oct 2019 #20

Yup! It all changed. N/t LittleGirl Oct 2019 #21

My brother in law at 59 took a job with the post office in Arizona FYI because he couldn't find a kimbutgar Oct 2019 #27

Bookmarking. calimary Oct 2019 #4

Was in the same boat 6 years ago NCDEM4EVR Oct 2019 #5

Good advice. "Ageism is real and you just need to accept and deal with" (it (sic))" ... SWBTATTReg Oct 2019 #13

way to go NJCher Oct 2019 #14

Hey, c'mon! lonely bird Oct 2019 #6

No there are at least TWO ways to change that. It is part of the widening income/wealth inequality Bernardo de La Paz Oct 2019 #7

Since a heck of a big chunk goes to the top 1%ers, why should they worry about what a ... SWBTATTReg Oct 2019 #15

Stupid employers don't realize that older folks have a wealth of experience and keen judgement Bernardo de La Paz Oct 2019 #8

I will be 61 this week and I fortunately work in a recession proof business Joe Nation Oct 2019 #9

The reality is that the new wave of entrepreneurs is going to come from the older generation Perseus Oct 2019 #12

Good advice!! nt SWBTATTReg Oct 2019 #16

Even that can be difficult these days. TexasTowelie Oct 2019 #18

excellent advice Skittles Oct 2019 #24

I will be 62 in 3 weeks yankeepants Oct 2019 #17

Not much different than in Ohio. Backseat Driver Oct 2019 #19

UPDATE: DH just had hours cut 50% Backseat Driver Oct 2019 #25

At 54 and an academic trailing spouse drmeow Oct 2019 #22

When I was 40 years old I moved up to Connecticut for a new job. I sold my (cheap) condominium.... George II Oct 2019 #23

Don't I know it... Newest Reality Oct 2019 #26

I went back to school in the early 2000's and got my teaching credential but never taught because kimbutgar Oct 2019 #28

The only way I got a job at 60 was being hired by a former boss Bradshaw3 Oct 2019 #29

I have a counter story. PoindexterOglethorpe Oct 2019 #30