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Old 2011-09-22, 17:37   Link #16730
Vexx
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Join Date: Dec 2005
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Age: 66
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Originally Posted by DonQuigleone View Post
I can testify to that. I don't even get called to interviews, let alone get given a job. My mom's basement is getting a bit dull...
You know, they *used* to at least say, "we got your resume, thanks, we'll let you know if anything opens up". Now its just silence - for all you know their inbox is a shredder. Very poor manners. Also... it gets pretty weird competing with my own son for a job opening (these days, I do lots of different things, "multiple revenue streams" is the nice word for it). In my case, I'm 50-something and "overqualified" much of the time. Also being self-employed or unemployed currently immediately zeroes your chances. Congress is introducing a bill to ban the practice of "unemployed need not apply" but yeah...
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/need-to-know...t-apply/10736/
http://money.cnn.com/2010/06/16/news...pply/index.htm
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/26/bu...m-jobless.html

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Originally Posted by Xellos-_^ View Post
Try starting your own business.
Good luck with that (at least in the US). Banks aren't lending, Large Corp. dominate nearly every "business space", and clients don't want you without ridiculous requirements that only Large Corp. can satisfy. If I were wearing a tin foil hat, I'd say its a conscious concerted effort to leave people no choice but be a serf for the Machine. I'm helping my son start his business but, its being done on a shoestring, our shoestring :P
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