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In reply to the discussion: As an older worker in Connecticut, what's it like trying to find a new job? Here's what we learned. [View all]

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As an older worker in Connecticut, what's it like trying to find a new job? Here's what we learned. [View all] TexasTowelie Oct 2019 OP
It sucks pertello Oct 2019 #1
I'll be 60 LittleGirl Oct 2019 #2
Yeah when the crash hit, or the great RepubliCON recession, I lost my job at 57 Farmer-Rick Oct 2019 #3
Amazing that age questions are illegal, but they (interviewers) still either manage to blatantly... SWBTATTReg Oct 2019 #10
No, experience doesn't count for anything anymore. Know why? Your experience is Nay Oct 2019 #11
Ding, Ding, Ding!!! BINGO LittleGirl Oct 2019 #20
Yup! It all changed. N/t LittleGirl Oct 2019 #21
My brother in law at 59 took a job with the post office in Arizona FYI because he couldn't find a kimbutgar Oct 2019 #27
Bookmarking. calimary Oct 2019 #4
Was in the same boat 6 years ago NCDEM4EVR Oct 2019 #5
Good advice. "Ageism is real and you just need to accept and deal with" (it (sic))" ... SWBTATTReg Oct 2019 #13
way to go NJCher Oct 2019 #14
Hey, c'mon! lonely bird Oct 2019 #6
No there are at least TWO ways to change that. It is part of the widening income/wealth inequality Bernardo de La Paz Oct 2019 #7
Since a heck of a big chunk goes to the top 1%ers, why should they worry about what a ... SWBTATTReg Oct 2019 #15
Stupid employers don't realize that older folks have a wealth of experience and keen judgement Bernardo de La Paz Oct 2019 #8
I will be 61 this week and I fortunately work in a recession proof business Joe Nation Oct 2019 #9
The reality is that the new wave of entrepreneurs is going to come from the older generation Perseus Oct 2019 #12
Good advice!! nt SWBTATTReg Oct 2019 #16
Even that can be difficult these days. TexasTowelie Oct 2019 #18
excellent advice Skittles Oct 2019 #24
I will be 62 in 3 weeks yankeepants Oct 2019 #17
Not much different than in Ohio. Backseat Driver Oct 2019 #19
UPDATE: DH just had hours cut 50% Backseat Driver Oct 2019 #25
At 54 and an academic trailing spouse drmeow Oct 2019 #22
When I was 40 years old I moved up to Connecticut for a new job. I sold my (cheap) condominium.... George II Oct 2019 #23
Don't I know it... Newest Reality Oct 2019 #26
I went back to school in the early 2000's and got my teaching credential but never taught because kimbutgar Oct 2019 #28
The only way I got a job at 60 was being hired by a former boss Bradshaw3 Oct 2019 #29
I have a counter story. PoindexterOglethorpe Oct 2019 #30
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