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What Information & Support Would be Most Helpful?
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TheWaterCooler said:
on February 25, 2009 12:49 PM ET
My name is Marci and I work with the AARP Workforce Issues Team. Among one of the responsibilities of our team is to develop information and resources for workers 50+. Some of the information we create can be found at the AARP.org Work channel at www.aarp.org/money/work. We're currently developing resources for workers 50+ who have lost their jobs and seek your suggestions for what you might like to see or would find most helpful to know. For example, what topics are important to cover and what types of resources would be helpful to provide? What information did you wish you had upon learning about your job loss? What are helpful strategies for surviving a job loss? What are the best ways to share information and resources with others who have experienced job loss? Your suggestions and insight would be most appreciated. Thank you. |
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Have some concise article here that you might find interesting:
1. New employment after 50 a dicey proposition
URL : http://bizcovering.com/employment/new-employment-after-50-a-dicey-proposition/
2.Finding a job in a Bad economy , URL : http://bizcovering.com/employment/how-to-get-a-job-in-a-bad-economy/
3. Simple Prescriptive Plan to Get More Skilled 50+ Year Old's Employment By Using the Stimulus Plan , URL :
reagrds and best wishes
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This is an excellent suggestion - thank you!
I recently attended a job fair in my local area. One of the articles in the handout was headlined in a way that very well reflects my own personal experience - "Network-network-network".
For practical purposes, forget about - no, just don't get your hopes or expectations up, regarding all the plethora of job posting and job search sites. I've made hundreds, if not thousands, of "applications" using many of those sites (including, sadly, some of the AARP "recommended" ones) and have almost nothing to show for the effort.
I would say that if there is any one thing that AARP can do to help members (and others) find jobs, it would be to develop a really usable, dynamic, "networking" site - where people can make connections readily without the overhead of all the jobsites. Yes, there is enough mischief "out there" that some sort of screening may be needed, but I believe the technology and the creativity exists to do just such a system.
Best wishes to all job-seekers out there!
MG
Thank you for the good suggestion, retired traveler. We're looking into user-friendly "resource maps" that would enable persons to locate assistance by clicking on their particular state. I appreciate your feedback - it confirms that we're on the right track.
It doesn't apply to me now, but in past experience, I found the local unemployment office a font of information. Our office has articles and books on resume writing, careers, computers to use, etc.
I don't know if offices all over the country are such good resources. Assuming they are, at least potentially, I would make it clear that people need to get down to their local office. Perhaps there is a source that lists these offices? Of course, you can't publish a U.S. list of these offices, but maybe there are lists by state. Anyway, that is something I would encourage, strongly, for the unemployed to go to and for you to make this clear.
Thanks.
