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Caucasian-Over 40 - No college degree - 30 years of Sales / Customer Service I have had several interviews for jobs that I am over qualified for but I don't get the job. Employers al
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Too old for the job
posted at August 14, 2011 5:21 PM EDT
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Caucasian-Over 40 - No college degree - 30 years of Sales / Customer Service I have had several interviews for jobs that I am over qualified for but I don't get the job. Employers always seem to select younger and college educated with little or no experience. Maybe I should try to color my hair and see what happens. |
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Re: Too old for the job
posted at August 15, 2011 8:09 AM EDT
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First: August 11, 2011 Last: May 7, 2012 |
Go for it. Do whatever it tskes. Consider yourself lucky some do not even get interviews. Some say retirement age should be raised to 70 like employers will keep older people emloyed that long. good luck |
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Re: Too old for the job
posted at August 16, 2011 3:05 PM EDT
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In Response to Too old for the job: Caucasian-Over 40 - No college degree - 30 years of Sales / Customer Service I have had several interviews for jobs that I am over qualified for but I don't get the job. Employers always seem to select younger and college educated with little or no experience. Maybe I should try to color my hair and see what happens. Posted by dlness32 Reply: Boy do I understand that although I am 60 and feeling it so much. I have colored my hair, lost weight, and in better health today than I was in my 30's and yet still nothing. Where do we go , what do we do, how do we support ourselves. I mean here we are, now what? |
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Re: Too old for the job
posted at August 16, 2011 10:48 PM EDT
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In Response to Re: Too old for the job: Go for it. Do whatever it tskes. Consider yourself lucky some do not even get interviews. Some say retirement age should be raised to 70 like employers will keep older people emloyed that long. good luck Posted by 10asen Some folks will never be able to collect more than 2-5 years after paying in for 30-40 years. Looks like Washington is trying to balance the budget with Social Security. There too many disability recipients leeching off the system that are in fear of drug testing. I used to work at a pharmacy and have seen the type of people feeding at the public trough. On Fridays more "diabetic syringes" were sold than insulin. I could charge 5 times the price and still sell them as fast as they could drive up to the window. And nothing like having to be nice to someone complaining about a 2 dollar copay with a case of beer and carton of smokes in the back seat. |
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Re: Too old for the job
posted at August 17, 2011 12:31 AM EDT
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You are never too old. Recently, PBS aired a documentary, 90 Years Old & Loving it. It was terrific. I have a link to it on my blog for mature workers. Visit the blog at; http://workinglater.blogspot.com There are no pop-up ads, nothing to purchase, no collection of your personal information. It is meant to be a resource. If you have a topic you want addressed on the blog, you can leave me a message on this site or on the blog. |
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Re: Too old for the job
posted at August 17, 2011 9:06 AM EDT
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In Response to Re: Too old for the job: Go for it. Do whatever it tskes. Consider yourself lucky some do not even get interviews. Some say retirement age should be raised to 70 like employers will keep older people emloyed that long. good luck Posted by 10asen I hink that employers do not want to hire older people like us but are careful in how they say What businesses hire someone over 50? |
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Re: Too old for the job
posted at August 17, 2011 9:13 AM EDT
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AI l I can say is that goodness that my husband has a good job right now! But who knows about tomorrow, it may be gone. I've applied for unemployment for the first time in my life and waiting for a check. |
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Re: Too old for the job
posted at August 18, 2011 5:46 PM EDT
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Totally uncertain of what's ahead - after years of good money management raising a family I find myself alone and practically broke with nobody to rely on. Some reward for a job well done! Who hires women age 64 in this economy? In Response to Re: Too old for the job: In Response to Too old for the job : Reply: Boy do I understand that although I am 60 and feeling it so much. I have colored my hair, lost weight, and in better health today than I was in my 30's and yet still nothing. Where do we go , what do we do, how do we support ourselves. I mean here we are, now what? Posted by sdobrindt |
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Re: Too old for the job
posted at August 18, 2011 7:30 PM EDT
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Everyone here who is experiencing the same thing. loss of job, unsable to find any work should all be writting letters to their Senators and Congressmen. Our rperesentatives need to know that raising the age of Social Secuirty will only hurt those who are in your situation. Do not use email use regular mail as I know email will not be read but simply deleted.Always use hand written eddreses on the envelopes. Keep a copy and resend once a week. Tell eveyone you know to do the same. |
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Re: Too old for the job
posted at August 20, 2011 3:16 PM EDT
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Just finished venting to my sister about my "part time" job at "HELLgreens" - (hired as cashier but duties include restocking shelves, cleaning - yes I have to bring my own cleaning rags- cleaning bathrooms, cleaning breakroom, vacuuming, "facing" all products, & selling "suggestive" sale items) when she told me about a program she saw that said the nicest, hardest working employees are treated the worst and paid the least. At 59 I was unable to find any secretarial work and the unemployemnet checks stopped coming - then I read this chain was senior friendly----only if you like 3 ten hour days in a row with the air conditioning "broken". Some nites I come home ready to cry - but remind myself that at least I have my minimum wage job...so much for the "Golden Years" |
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