AllHealthcare

This is a spot-on article, it brings up lots of specific pointers that were mentioned in some meetings I've attended at my local joblink. And, of course it brings up other points too - I want to share this article with the networking groups I attend!

The suggestions made by the writer to "pay your dues", and be willing to "invest" in various expenditures in order to have a successful jobsearch seems very insensitive to the millions of workers who have lost their jobs due to an ailing economy. Easy to preach how to find work when YOU HAVE A JOB!!! There are many other more thrifty alternatives that the writer failed to suggest; such as 'borrowing' an interview outfit, obtaining FREE trade publications, visiting a LIBRARY instead of a bookstore to browse for information, using ALL the internet employment search engines available instead of the obvious bias of a MONSTER employee, visiting a career guidance center's free counseling services...etc, etc, etc.... Those of us who are living off unemployment or savings dont have the resources to follow some of the writer's advice.... I have UNsuccessfully followed most of the writer's "list" of tips, and many others....as a babyboomer facing AGE discrimination after obtaining healthcare education for a re-entry career following a first career as a homemaker raising a family...and have found that even after following all the advice I have garnered in my jobsearching efforts..I am still unemployed.
I raised a family and ran a household, became a widow, went back to school WHILE I worked FT at a min wage job, got my certification.... only to find that NOW that I HAVE invested all that time, energy, and money towards a better future for myself, I am CONSTANTLY passed over for younger candidates! Does the writer have any suggestions for how an older worker might show a prospective employer they have a whole different set of values and skills that a younger college grad hasn't had time to develop yet???