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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]As a Boomer lawyer who has changed jobs twice in my 60s, I hate to say it but your friend is a lost cause.  You can't make excuses for not using technology and not using the preferred methods of communicating.  I don't much care about not having Linked In, but the other things you mention make her unlikely to secure employment.  If I were you, I'd stay out of it because nothing good can come of you trying to convince her to update her skills and attitude.  [/quote]

Could you give some details on what worked for you?  Did you have any gaps?  If so, how did you deal with them?  Does your resume reveal your age even indirectly?  If not, how did you handle that?

Thanks. [/quote]

PP here.  I don't have any gaps at all and law was not my first career so if you didn't know me, what you could find out about me would make me about 8 years younger than I actually am.  My resume doesn't reveal my age.  Since I spent two decades with the same employer, I don't have a lot of jobs on my resume.  Where you could figure out my age is by looking up my reported cases from early in my career.  I did a bunch of appellate work that got reported and I also published a bunch of articles.  But I actually don't think people do that.  Also, my age didn't matter because for my two most recent jobs, I went to work for people who knew me and so knew about how old I am.

As far as the late in life job changes, what worked was networking.  When I let people know I was looking, I got a lot of response from firms with positions that fit my skill set and I got lots of suggestions about where to apply.  It was a pretty quick process for me both times.  But even still, if my tech skills and communication skills were not where the legal community expects, I would not have gotten my jobs.  I honestly think that is going to hold your friend back.  
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Very helpful and informative. Thanks. [/quote]

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