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[Anonymous]

Sorry, OP, that’s crazy. I don’t ever apply for jobs through LinkedIn. If something on there looks interesting, go to the company’s website to confirm the position is real and apply through there.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Sorry, OP, that’s crazy. I don’t ever apply for jobs through LinkedIn. If something on there looks interesting, go to the company’s website to confirm the position is real and apply through there.

I usually do.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The scam was a fake job posting on Linked In. I received the signed offer letter. Then I received a text wanting my financial institution and holder and mailing address.

The scam was this.

Hire.

Wire transfer funds for me to purchase office supplies and equipment like a MacBook.

Then, they would start asking for money to actually deliver the office supplies. Or they would ask for the funds back.

I knew it was a scam with the text.

The company posted a scam alert on Linked In.

I’m sorry this happened to you. I’ve heard about this sort of thing happening and I’ve beeen worried as my son applies for internships and my daughter applies for her first real job. Did you have an interview? Did anything seem off before the text arrived?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Congrats OP! Did you get interviews and interest from easy apply? Does easy apply just send your resume? I'm curious how it works and how blanket applying (versus customizing) can be effective.

Yes and if your exp is relevant you get a call back within 2 days. We move fast in this age.[/quote

This is total BS! Complete and utter BS. I have literally been the exact match for positions with experience and education. But, alas, over 50 so, in 3 years, no calls.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Use AI and apply more jobs. I applied 1,000 to land my great job.

How do you do this? AI to update resume or AI to apply? If you are this great a programmer (to apply with AI) just become a consultant.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I was laid off at the end of September 2024. I started applying for jobs. I got a job offer to start mid-January 2024. I was laid off after two months. I applied for any and every job with my previous title. I did receive some "over qualified" comments.

I start a new job April 15, with a pay increase of $10K and more than 40% pay increase from the job that laid me off in September.

And, I am over the age of 50.

Don't give up hope.

For me, I've never transitioned in my career from an individual contributor role. It's really because I don't want to get a PMP certificate, and I think Agile is stupid unless you're software developers.

I earned a doctorate in 2005. I take some short courses on LinkedIn. I attend and participate in conferences. I coach executives. I've done consulting work in my field.

If you don't apply, you won't get the job.

LinkedIn is so easy with "easy apply", what you have to lose? Same with Indeed. You might as well apply.

Today is Day 366 of unemployment from full time work. I've been doing a ton of freelancing the last three months, which has been great, but I've basically stopped looking for and applying for jobs because I'm completely demoralized. I went to a career day a few weeks ago and while it was helpful, I realized my cover letters weren't great (regurgitating my resume) and all the advice I get from employed folks seems so overwhelming (if you don't know someone who knows the hiring manager for this position, don't even bother applying...).

Until March, I had applied for around 80 jobs, got 10.5 interviews (HR screen = 0.5), zero job offers. I have been completely abandoned by my previous industry. 40 years old and cast to the scrap heap. I'm completely demoralized. It's humiliating to tell everyone you know and meet "hey! I'm still looking!" like I'm f4cking defective.

I worked super hard in my career and took a risk that apparently blew up in my face and left me undesirable and unemployable. I'm humiliated and demoralized. And my birthday is around the corner. Worst birthday I've ever had.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I was laid off at the end of September 2024. I started applying for jobs. I got a job offer to start mid-January 2024. I was laid off after two months. I applied for any and every job with my previous title. I did receive some "over qualified" comments.

I start a new job April 15, with a pay increase of $10K and more than 40% pay increase from the job that laid me off in September.

And, I am over the age of 50.

Don't give up hope.

For me, I've never transitioned in my career from an individual contributor role. It's really because I don't want to get a PMP certificate, and I think Agile is stupid unless you're software developers.

I earned a doctorate in 2005. I take some short courses on LinkedIn. I attend and participate in conferences. I coach executives. I've done consulting work in my field.

If you don't apply, you won't get the job.

LinkedIn is so easy with "easy apply", what you have to lose? Same with Indeed. You might as well apply.

Today is Day 366 of unemployment from full time work. I've been doing a ton of freelancing the last three months, which has been great, but I've basically stopped looking for and applying for jobs because I'm completely demoralized. I went to a career day a few weeks ago and while it was helpful, I realized my cover letters weren't great (regurgitating my resume) and all the advice I get from employed folks seems so overwhelming (if you don't know someone who knows the hiring manager for this position, don't even bother applying...).

Until March, I had applied for around 80 jobs, got 10.5 interviews (HR screen = 0.5), zero job offers. I have been completely abandoned by my previous industry. 40 years old and cast to the scrap heap. I'm completely demoralized. It's humiliating to tell everyone you know and meet "hey! I'm still looking!" like I'm f4cking defective.

I worked super hard in my career and took a risk that apparently blew up in my face and left me undesirable and unemployable. I'm humiliated and demoralized. And my birthday is around the corner. Worst birthday I've ever had.

I'm so sorry you are going through this. I also took a career risk and feel like it was the worst decision I ever made. It has been so hard to get back on track or back in my industry. It has been a painfully expensive lesson. I hope we both have better luck soon.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I was laid off at the end of September 2024. I started applying for jobs. I got a job offer to start mid-January 2024. I was laid off after two months. I applied for any and every job with my previous title. I did receive some "over qualified" comments.

I start a new job April 15, with a pay increase of $10K and more than 40% pay increase from the job that laid me off in September.

And, I am over the age of 50.

Don't give up hope.

For me, I've never transitioned in my career from an individual contributor role. It's really because I don't want to get a PMP certificate, and I think Agile is stupid unless you're software developers.

I earned a doctorate in 2005. I take some short courses on LinkedIn. I attend and participate in conferences. I coach executives. I've done consulting work in my field.

If you don't apply, you won't get the job.

LinkedIn is so easy with "easy apply", what you have to lose? Same with Indeed. You might as well apply.

Today is Day 366 of unemployment from full time work. I've been doing a ton of freelancing the last three months, which has been great, but I've basically stopped looking for and applying for jobs because I'm completely demoralized. I went to a career day a few weeks ago and while it was helpful, I realized my cover letters weren't great (regurgitating my resume) and all the advice I get from employed folks seems so overwhelming (if you don't know someone who knows the hiring manager for this position, don't even bother applying...).

Until March, I had applied for around 80 jobs, got 10.5 interviews (HR screen = 0.5), zero job offers. I have been completely abandoned by my previous industry. 40 years old and cast to the scrap heap. I'm completely demoralized. It's humiliating to tell everyone you know and meet "hey! I'm still looking!" like I'm f4cking defective.

I worked super hard in my career and took a risk that apparently blew up in my face and left me undesirable and unemployable. I'm humiliated and demoralized. And my birthday is around the corner. Worst birthday I've ever had.

I'm so sorry you are going through this. I also took a career risk and feel like it was the worst decision I ever made. It has been so hard to get back on track or back in my industry. It has been a painfully expensive lesson. I hope we both have better luck soon.

Like both of you, I too took a risk and cannot get back into my line of work. However, my risk was not to change employers but to stay home. While I will never regret the early years, I seriously regret not doing some consulting or going back part-time once my kids were more independent. I started looking casually a few years ago but it was half-hearted. In November, I went all in on applying and it has been very discouraging since. The only options for me seem to be extremely low paying. I did this to myself. Everyone warned me. While DH and I can make ends meet just fine, I hate feeling 100% dependent.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I need to make only $10k a year so I can continue contributing to Roth as it needs to be earned income.
Any ideas? NWDC as I don't want a commute for such a job.
I'm in restaurant business now, but getting really tired of it as it's very fast paced. 27 years of running around is plenty.
Library? Stocking shelves somewhere?

It seems you can easily find a job for $10K a year. Did you mean $100K a year?

You can try non physical labor, like an executive assistant.

I meant $10k, because I want to be able to contribute to Roth IRA. I have enough in investments not to work more.
I really prefer somewhat physical work. Stocking shelves, and that they wouldn't mind if I left once I hit the $10k.

Run the numbers, could you make that on Rover?

[Anonymous]

While I know it's hard, you should try to continue with the freelancing. It could potentially turn into a FT job offer, or at the least, you have a network you can lean into.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I was laid off at the end of September 2024. I started applying for jobs. I got a job offer to start mid-January 2024. I was laid off after two months. I applied for any and every job with my previous title. I did receive some "over qualified" comments.

I start a new job April 15, with a pay increase of $10K and more than 40% pay increase from the job that laid me off in September.

And, I am over the age of 50.

Don't give up hope.

For me, I've never transitioned in my career from an individual contributor role. It's really because I don't want to get a PMP certificate, and I think Agile is stupid unless you're software developers.

I earned a doctorate in 2005. I take some short courses on LinkedIn. I attend and participate in conferences. I coach executives. I've done consulting work in my field.

If you don't apply, you won't get the job.

LinkedIn is so easy with "easy apply", what you have to lose? Same with Indeed. You might as well apply.

Today is Day 366 of unemployment from full time work. I've been doing a ton of freelancing the last three months, which has been great, but I've basically stopped looking for and applying for jobs because I'm completely demoralized. I went to a career day a few weeks ago and while it was helpful, I realized my cover letters weren't great (regurgitating my resume) and all the advice I get from employed folks seems so overwhelming (if you don't know someone who knows the hiring manager for this position, don't even bother applying...).

Until March, I had applied for around 80 jobs, got 10.5 interviews (HR screen = 0.5), zero job offers. I have been completely abandoned by my previous industry. 40 years old and cast to the scrap heap. I'm completely demoralized. It's humiliating to tell everyone you know and meet "hey! I'm still looking!" like I'm f4cking defective.

I worked super hard in my career and took a risk that apparently blew up in my face and left me undesirable and unemployable. I'm humiliated and demoralized. And my birthday is around the corner. Worst birthday I've ever had.

I'm so sorry you are going through this. I also took a career risk and feel like it was the worst decision I ever made. It has been so hard to get back on track or back in my industry. It has been a painfully expensive lesson. I hope we both have better luck soon.

Like both of you, I too took a risk and cannot get back into my line of work. However, my risk was not to change employers but to stay home. While I will never regret the early years, I seriously regret not doing some consulting or going back part-time once my kids were more independent. I started looking casually a few years ago but it was half-hearted. In November, I went all in on applying and it has been very discouraging since. The only options for me seem to be extremely low paying. I did this to myself. Everyone warned me. While DH and I can make ends meet just fine, I hate feeling 100% dependent.

This is exactly my situation. Somewhat comforting to know that others are going through this. Maybe I should be targeting much lower paying jobs / jobs that I am over qualified for.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Use AI and apply more jobs. I applied 1,000 to land my great job.

How do you do this? AI to update resume or AI to apply? If you are this great a programmer (to apply with AI) just become a consultant.

https://lazyapply.com/

You use Lazy Apply AI it applies jobs for you

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I was laid off at the end of September 2024. I started applying for jobs. I got a job offer to start mid-January 2024. I was laid off after two months. I applied for any and every job with my previous title. I did receive some "over qualified" comments.

I start a new job April 15, with a pay increase of $10K and more than 40% pay increase from the job that laid me off in September.

And, I am over the age of 50.

Don't give up hope.

For me, I've never transitioned in my career from an individual contributor role. It's really because I don't want to get a PMP certificate, and I think Agile is stupid unless you're software developers.

I earned a doctorate in 2005. I take some short courses on LinkedIn. I attend and participate in conferences. I coach executives. I've done consulting work in my field.

If you don't apply, you won't get the job.

LinkedIn is so easy with "easy apply", what you have to lose? Same with Indeed. You might as well apply.

Today is Day 366 of unemployment from full time work. I've been doing a ton of freelancing the last three months, which has been great, but I've basically stopped looking for and applying for jobs because I'm completely demoralized. I went to a career day a few weeks ago and while it was helpful, I realized my cover letters weren't great (regurgitating my resume) and all the advice I get from employed folks seems so overwhelming (if you don't know someone who knows the hiring manager for this position, don't even bother applying...).

Until March, I had applied for around 80 jobs, got 10.5 interviews (HR screen = 0.5), zero job offers. I have been completely abandoned by my previous industry. 40 years old and cast to the scrap heap. I'm completely demoralized. It's humiliating to tell everyone you know and meet "hey! I'm still looking!" like I'm f4cking defective.

I worked super hard in my career and took a risk that apparently blew up in my face and left me undesirable and unemployable. I'm humiliated and demoralized. And my birthday is around the corner. Worst birthday I've ever had.

80 job apps in 365 days? That is crazy little amount of jobs to apply to. That is like 1.5 jobs a week.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I was laid off at the end of September 2024. I started applying for jobs. I got a job offer to start mid-January 2024. I was laid off after two months. I applied for any and every job with my previous title. I did receive some "over qualified" comments.

I start a new job April 15, with a pay increase of $10K and more than 40% pay increase from the job that laid me off in September.

And, I am over the age of 50.

Don't give up hope.

For me, I've never transitioned in my career from an individual contributor role. It's really because I don't want to get a PMP certificate, and I think Agile is stupid unless you're software developers.

I earned a doctorate in 2005. I take some short courses on LinkedIn. I attend and participate in conferences. I coach executives. I've done consulting work in my field.

If you don't apply, you won't get the job.

LinkedIn is so easy with "easy apply", what you have to lose? Same with Indeed. You might as well apply.

Today is Day 366 of unemployment from full time work. I've been doing a ton of freelancing the last three months, which has been great, but I've basically stopped looking for and applying for jobs because I'm completely demoralized. I went to a career day a few weeks ago and while it was helpful, I realized my cover letters weren't great (regurgitating my resume) and all the advice I get from employed folks seems so overwhelming (if you don't know someone who knows the hiring manager for this position, don't even bother applying...).

Until March, I had applied for around 80 jobs, got 10.5 interviews (HR screen = 0.5), zero job offers. I have been completely abandoned by my previous industry. 40 years old and cast to the scrap heap. I'm completely demoralized. It's humiliating to tell everyone you know and meet "hey! I'm still looking!" like I'm f4cking defective.

I worked super hard in my career and took a risk that apparently blew up in my face and left me undesirable and unemployable. I'm humiliated and demoralized. And my birthday is around the corner. Worst birthday I've ever had.

I'm so sorry you are going through this. I also took a career risk and feel like it was the worst decision I ever made. It has been so hard to get back on track or back in my industry. It has been a painfully expensive lesson. I hope we both have better luck soon.

Like both of you, I too took a risk and cannot get back into my line of work. However, my risk was not to change employers but to stay home. While I will never regret the early years, I seriously regret not doing some consulting or going back part-time once my kids were more independent. I started looking casually a few years ago but it was half-hearted. In November, I went all in on applying and it has been very discouraging since. The only options for me seem to be extremely low paying. I did this to myself. Everyone warned me. While DH and I can make ends meet just fine, I hate feeling 100% dependent.

This is exactly my situation. Somewhat comforting to know that others are going through this. Maybe I should be targeting much lower paying jobs / jobs that I am over qualified for.

Another one. Such regret. I think I have to abandon my industry and start from scratch and work way up. Any ideas for companies or jobs that are friendly to older?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I was laid off at the end of September 2024. I started applying for jobs. I got a job offer to start mid-January 2024. I was laid off after two months. I applied for any and every job with my previous title. I did receive some "over qualified" comments.

I start a new job April 15, with a pay increase of $10K and more than 40% pay increase from the job that laid me off in September.

And, I am over the age of 50.

Don't give up hope.

For me, I've never transitioned in my career from an individual contributor role. It's really because I don't want to get a PMP certificate, and I think Agile is stupid unless you're software developers.

I earned a doctorate in 2005. I take some short courses on LinkedIn. I attend and participate in conferences. I coach executives. I've done consulting work in my field.

If you don't apply, you won't get the job.

LinkedIn is so easy with "easy apply", what you have to lose? Same with Indeed. You might as well apply.

Today is Day 366 of unemployment from full time work. I've been doing a ton of freelancing the last three months, which has been great, but I've basically stopped looking for and applying for jobs because I'm completely demoralized. I went to a career day a few weeks ago and while it was helpful, I realized my cover letters weren't great (regurgitating my resume) and all the advice I get from employed folks seems so overwhelming (if you don't know someone who knows the hiring manager for this position, don't even bother applying...).

Until March, I had applied for around 80 jobs, got 10.5 interviews (HR screen = 0.5), zero job offers. I have been completely abandoned by my previous industry. 40 years old and cast to the scrap heap. I'm completely demoralized. It's humiliating to tell everyone you know and meet "hey! I'm still looking!" like I'm f4cking defective.

I worked super hard in my career and took a risk that apparently blew up in my face and left me undesirable and unemployable. I'm humiliated and demoralized. And my birthday is around the corner. Worst birthday I've ever had.

My BIL was laid off from banking. He was depressed and demoralized. They had to downsize their giant house on a golf course and move into a 2 bedroom apartment and live off his wife's teaching salary. He ended up starting a banking headhunting company and retired with 7 million in the bank.