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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am highly skilled and considered an expert in my field, yet cant seem to even get a reply to job applications. Is it my age?[/quote] Ha ha ha. Yes. I was a very desirable employee until I turned 50, and after that no one would hire me. I never got interviews. I basically gave up applying for jobs. It was pointless. This doesn't happen to everyone, but my field was contracting, and I was highly paid, very experienced. But they could choose whomever they wanted, and they wanted younger people. I know this because every job I applied for was filled by someone younger. I checked. Sad, but true. No one told me this would happen to me. I still can't believe it. I'm employed, but I shifted to a new career, which was costly and difficult, and I don't make as much money as I did before. But the work is interesting, and I'm doing OK. Sucks, OP, but this is the world we live in. Youth rules! [/quote]
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