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Name: Tom
Gender: Male
Ethnicity: Caucasian
Religion: Christian/Catholic
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United States
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Downsized and forced into an early retirement several years ago. Presently working part time as a Web site host, forums manager and administrator
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www.doityourself.com
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"If you want something done right, Do It Yourself." >Elvis Arron Presley< >"Known Around The World By First Name Only.<" >"The Sun Never Sets On A Legend."< >Long Live The 'KING'.<
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Baby Boomer generation. Vietnam era veteran. 3 surviving adult children. One deceased son. Died June 2005, at the age of 28. 2 adult sons and one adult daughter surviving. No grand kids yet! BUMMER!!!... Early retiree (forced out) from a large company. Presently only partially self employed. Working from home as a web site consultant, content manager and administrator for several large corporately owned web sites... No longer actively seeking employment. 4 plus years unemployed. No luck finding employment thus far but no longer even concerned about finding employment again. WHY? To find out more on this issue, read my journal... Comments to the journal are welcomed but please be kind, positive, supportive and considerate to anyone else and everyone else whom may read what you write. Your co-operation would be greatly appreciated. Sincerely and always with Best Regards. Your Friend Tommy

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Computers and the Internet. Fishing, Boating, Target, Trap and Skeet Shooting, Traveling and Camping. Web site administration, web site consulting, monitoring and managing
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Seniors Seeking Employment

 

  Employment (Part Time or Full Time) for seniors and/or early retirees, based upon personal experiences and in my opinion, is rather difficult, if not dam near and/or absolutely impossible to find, in many areas of this country.

 

Despite what any Rosy Red eye glass wearing employment consultants, individuals and department of unemployment (Human Resources) agency representatives tell you...(saying all the positives and encouraging words you want to hear)...seniors obtaining employment is very difficult, if not dam near totally impossible.

 

As the saying goes, "The Truth Always Hurts." The real truth of the matter is, finding work when you’re 55+ years of age isn’t easy! Easy for Human Resource people and everyone else, including family members and friends, to tell you or say to you. They’re job is to encourage you and tell you work is available for you. Reminder Note: They’re all employed.

 

Use Caution: if you're considering hiring any Head Hunters and/or any professional resume writers. These two can be expensive and a nightmare. Possibly and potentially your worst investment in yourself when seeking employment. If you can’t get a job on your own, then it likely cannot be done. Self reliance is your best investment in yourself. Reinventing yourself to fit into todays job market is required.

 

Find what you do best or enjoy doing best. Then explore it’s needs in the job market and/or private sector. Fill a need for someone else and you’ve likely found your niche market. Fill that void or do that work for someone else better then the rest and you’ve found your calling or niche market. Market your skills and talents. The rest will all fall into place after wards.

 

Sincerely and Good Luck.

Tom

Added: July 4, 2008
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Lion
Lion says:

My experience is pretty much the same as yours on job finding. I taught classes at a local community college for awhile, but they wouldn't offer me a full time teaching position...preferring to offer me one or two classes and pay me $25 an hour. Then sending me out at night to teach around the area. I got tired of that after awhile and decided that it wasn't worth it. Retired at 62 and stopped looking. Now, I do what I please and don't worry about it. Don't feel guilty. It is just time to stop and take care of your self for a change. Lion
Posted: February 7, 2009 9:41AM EST
pebcle
pebcle says:

If you visit monster.com, you can read post after post in the forums about people chasing paper in the hope of any employment. There are few jobs in any of the technologies, & those jobs don't pay a living wage (& yes, you're stuck w/the student loan). Visit a local reemployment center; you'll interview skilled, intelligent, experienced, talented unemployees! How does anyone convince his/her child to study for any career (a coworker's lament)? Schools misrepresent the disciplines; schools have overhead that requires a certain number of students. Name any career. If benefits are available, companies won't hire "seniors" because that would increase their health insurance rates. A former coworker now works three jobs to support herself. I've been looking for a second part time job for two years +, & I continue to train in office technologies since those skills seem universal. Maybe it's a bank conspiracy, to keep the entire population living on credit card debt? Ms. Phyllis
Posted: September 5, 2008 1:49PM EDT
kcgirlintx
kcgirlintx says:

I can relate with you about the job hunting. I'm only 51 and re-trained in IT so I might be able to get a decent job to find that they don't really want to pay any more than the typical CSR jobs I had before I re-trained. So, now I have a huge school loan that I will never be able to pay off because I can't get a job that pays enough to do so. Besides, everything has been either outsources to another country or they would rather hire rotating temps so they don't have to pay benefits. Between those to things alone it cuts down the number of permanant /or full time jobs available by about 80%.
Enough complaining, just wanted to say hi and thanks for adding me as your friend. :)
Posted: June 11, 2008 12:30AM EDT
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