My first thought was, "Oh shit, I got laid off and I'm in my 50s. I've heard horror stories about that for years. Well, I'm not going to worry about it, I'll be fine."
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Guess what. All those stories are there for a reason. I still haven't found a job. I've found work here and there, all project based with with an ending date. All the work I've found has been though connections.
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But as the project work has come and gone, I've applied for jobs. Hundreds of jobs. You know how many interviews I've had from those hundreds of "cold call" job applications? None. Zero.
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You would think just with the laws of probability I would have had a couple phone screens. Nope. Not one. I've tried changing all the variables I can change with the cover letters, resume formatting, etc. The one thing I can't change is my age.
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Everyone I've met who is in the same situation or who knows someone in the same situation has the same reaction: "Yep. It sucks." It is just a given that this is how the world works.
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If you are in a position to hire someone, whether just for one job or if you do it for a living, and you dismiss candidates for being "over qualified" or "probably too expensive" you are missing out on a whole lot of great people.
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You might look at a resume and think, "Look at all her experience, she doesn't need this job, she'll be fine." Well, when everybody says that, she's not going to be fine. People apply for your jobs because they want that job. Give everyone equal consideration.
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