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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My husband was laid off in December.  He’s 50.  It is hard.  He uses his network for every job he applies for.  Custom cover letters.  It is hard work for him.

Keep at and keep positive.  My husband has lost a ton of weight during this time because he does exercise more.  I think he is more confident because of that - he just feels better.

If this goes on too long he agrees to work at Starbucks or something similar just to get out.[/quote]

You husband is not looking and goofing off. Cover letters are not needed most jobs. If you need then you use Chat GPT and load resume and job description and it spits out a custom one on one second.

His network? Truth he has no network he is an unemployed man soon to be 4 months unemployed. If he is 50 he was born 1974 and there is like almost zero discrimination at that age.

He needs to expand his connections. It is a myth connections gets you jobs when older and unemployed.  My last search someone I had a very very loose connection to on LinkedIn was a recently retired executive who was on one board and was bored and we set up a bi-weekly reoccurring zoom meeting. He got me no leads but just knowing I had someone to give updates to and give me motivation helped. It helped [/quote]

There is absolutely age discrimination at 50.[/quote]

Absolutely not. It is not like 50 you turn magically old. Out last CE0 we hired a young guy for role who was hip and going to shake things up at 50. 50 is the new 40 and 60 is the new 50.

I think it only really hits you around 62 as companies feel you could quit any moment.

When I was 50 I had a 5, 9 and 11 year old at home. Not a single gray  hair, not overweight. Unless I told someone I was 50 how would they even know. I was doing take your kid to work day with my kids at 55.

Al Pacino, Robert Deniro, Joe Biden, Jamie Dimon Warren Buffet all working , some still having kids.

At 50 he had at least 30 years left in career maybe more. Heck my uncle retired at 82 his big big job and now at 92 has a much younger girlfriend who is only 80 and hitting the parties and enjoying life. [/quote]

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