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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Agree with pp, really hard to give advice without more details.

[b]I will also say you may have to be prepared to take a pay cut.[/b]  If your lifestyle won't allow for it, you need to take control of expenses now.[/quote]

ASAE has great leads for executive level positions but it sounds like you are currently in the $350K+ salary range and you will likely need to take a (perhaps significant) pay cut.
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Thanks for all the posts. I've tried most of these things. I see the great jobs online (I make less than 350k, far less, but some of those jobs pay $80k or less, no kidding), but has anyone gotten a job by applying through a website without a personal recommendation? I have applied for jobs online, received NO response, and then, via a personal recommendation, gotten an interview for the same job. I'm the same person, same resume, but those online postings are not getting me in the door.

The feeling I'm getting is that I have to dye my hair, update my wardrobe, tweak my resume and continue to network. Going out on my own will work in a few years, but not now. My family has already cut expenses drastically. We're going into survival mode because I don't know when the axe will fall.

I can't say more about my field. It's professional and jobs are decreasing. My colleagues may be reading this board.

I never thought I'd find myself in this position at this point in my career. I've read repeatedly about 50-somethings being downsized and not being able to find jobs, but I never thought I'd be one of them. I remember reading in the NY Times about a woman in her 50s who'd had years of professional experience, yet couldn't get interviews. I figured she was doing something wrong, or something was wrong with her. Now I see the only thing she did "wrong" was grow older.

I'd love to hear from 50-somethings who have successfully found jobs! That would give me some hope! TIA

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