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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Don’t apply non profits or govt jobs when unemployed they are the worst. Judgy, low pay mean people. The interview process drags in for weeks and months. All while your days unemployed pile up.

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Really? As an older employee I would expect a gov job would be the least likely to suffer from ageism?  My coworkers are great, though we are a “mission” agency which attracts idealists…[/quote]

Because it takes too long. If I am 58 and unemployed I have the stink of age and unemployment. I applied to three non profits and five govt jobs during my search at 58 the crazy USA job portal takes forever just apply one job. Then it sits sometimes weeks to find out qualified then on to panel interviews that lead no where.

Non profits drag on forever, they pay low and they expect you to care about mission and prove  it.

I got a job offer in DC govt at 60 with ten year vesting for pension!! I am supposed to work low pay for a decade till 70 and if retire one day early get zero.

I took a job in private with a really good 401k match no vesting period.

Plus non profits and govt lower paid I can’t afford to put 30k a year in 401k. My place matches up to 24k a year. I do the 30k get 24k so I put 54k a year away.

Also I need one single person to like me to get hired. I applied a job at a non profit and HR, soon to retire person and CEO loved me. I was recommended to be hired. But needed one panel interview and one guy felt I was not “mission focused” enough.

He actually said in panel interview I demonstrated I have a history of only taking high paid jobs which he thought was a negative. [/quote]

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