explain how there is no opportunity, I mean after all Obama has unemployment down to 5%
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explain how there is no opportunity, I mean after all Obama has unemployment down to 5%
Goldenhawk
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It would be very difficult, that's if I wanted to maintain my income.
What's working against me, Age, Education and Skill set.
The opposite of young (but don't act it)
Probably too many degrees and other course work (over educated for most jobs)
Been doing the same type of work for a long time - high tech work, very specialized field, let's say it doesn't translate to "IT" work.
GWguy
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When I was working, this thought train would get me very upset, lost a lot of sleep over it. I was in my late 50s, aging skill set. I knew it would be very difficult to near impossible to get a job in my field if I were to be laid off, and the threats of layoffs were constant. We were under strict performance metrics, scrutinized by people who you've never met, knowing that if you didn't meet their expectations there was a much younger, up-to-date person at a third of my cost just ready to jump in... just incredibly stressful. I would have taken an entry level job, and was prepared to massively downsize, but even at that, loss of my job scared the crap out of me.
It was a huge relief to retire and remove that stress.
It was a huge relief to retire and remove that stress.
I'm an "old guy" with a very narrow specialty too. But in my case, with several companies mildly to very interested in buying mine, I could (and eventually will, if I can bring myself to let go of the company) actually end up with a new position that pays considerably more than what I get now.
Same here. Sometimes I feel I've been doing the same thing for too long. People tell me all the time... "Oh, you could get a job on base." Maybe, but I'd really have to upgrade my wardrobe. ;D
Probably would. Not many facilities on base where a grungy wifebeater robe and some well worn bunny slippers are considered appropriate office attire.
I always had pretty decent jobs at pax, I wanted to moved from the last job because it got boring and in about a year or so it would end anyway, and it did take about 1 1/2 years to land another firm job. I did search very slow in the beginning though.
Except I'm "owned", not an owner. The only thing I have to sell is me. My expertise is more or less a niche market when compared to the broader "IT" category (I don't do IT). The other skill is not one that is easy to put on a resume, I know how to get a project done. I've taken a number of "stalled" or derailed projects and righted the ship. The gratitude was to get moved to the next project while others took a bow.
My form isn't always so good, which is why I do get results.
You are how you dress, if it's not professional, neither is your behavior and performance on the job.
I will not dispute your observation, just that a" wife beater" in the winter might be a little to uncovered.
At least I wouldn't have to wear waders to walk from my parking spot to the office every time it rained. Oh, I've never seen a wifebeater robe. Is that like the one Hugh Hefner wears?
In the IT world, clothes don't make the man. Some of the best techs in the US are little grubs, and the kid in the suit and tie doesn't know jack.
mAlice
professional daydreamer
Come to think of it, I left my last job without having another lined up. The job had become high stress, poor management, a number of things had changed. Went in one day to the "last straw", called my husband and told him I just couldn't do it anymore. I walked back inside and submitted my resignation. I was pretty concerned, but had a job within 2 weeks.
GWguy
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That's what happens when you live/work below the high tide mark.
You need to step up your game and get that "Employee of the Month" parking spot back. There's never more than two water obstacles between that one and the shop door....
Larry Gude
Strung Out
I don't care how smart you think you are, if you are inconsistent and sloppy you aren't worth a dime.
Basically arrogance takes over and that's where the worst mistakes find their way into the system.
Besides, the people he was referring to are by no means "special". They just don't know the difference between business casual and too casual.
I've worked places (down here) were supervisors had to remind people of the "dress code" because their attire was too casual.
One place, one of the more mature females had to quietly take a younger female employee aside and talk to her about "inappropriate" clothing.
Christy
b*tch rocket
This is true, you have to go where the work is. I'd LOVE to move back to my home town in WV, but there simply aren't any well paying jobs there. My father left WV when I was a teenager in order to get work. That is what many of the men did up there when the coal mines slowed down. Ya gotta do what ya gotta do. :shrug:
warneckutz
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Apples to oranges...
Or melons. :shrug: