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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Probably. You really need to network into jobs at your age.

I am doing a version of the same. I can't even get automated replies. [/quote]

My group was laid off when I was 50 and really struggled to find a job. My experience was that applying to websites and sending emails to people that I didn't know was a complete waste of time. It also delayed me from putting my full effort into what has been shown to work: reaching out to people I have worked with during my career and doing the tough work of networking.[/quote]

That was me 10 years ago when Lockheed moved our lab to Colorado and I had a husband and kids that could not move..  I was with them for 30 years so could hardly hide my age in a resume and I was too specialized in my science field.  I had to start all over again.  It took me almost a year to get a new job making 1/2 of what I used to make.

For the record I sent out about 100 resumes that were semi career related (in my science field but not my specialty as my speciality is very limited in this area) About another 100 that were totally something different (e.g. one was a plumber and one in landscaping as I actually have alot of experience in those).  I had about 10% call back to each type until I finally got a job in academia. [/quote]

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