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MarianJack

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1. I'm at 10 months now.

Fri Mar 23, 2012, 05:23 AM

Mar 2012

I'm not sure if it's this or my age that's harming me.

Just last Wednesday I got the ole "F*** Off" from a great job interview by phone instead of letter. The person took great pains to tell me that my age had nothing to do with it, which tells me that it was EXACTLY the reason I didn't get the job. She "encouraged" me to apply for the same job at a location that was about another 13 miles from my home and I did so immediately. I wonder if the encouragement was serious or if I was supposed to decline because of distance.

It never occurred to me that length of time unemployed may be a factor, too. Thank you for the interesting Post.

PEACE!

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For long-unemployed, hiring bias rears its head [View all] xchrom Mar 2012 OP

I'm at 10 months now. MarianJack Mar 2012 #1

Is there a place here where people can post what skills and jobs they are looing for? DLC_GOPLite Mar 2012 #2

Pretty good idea! MarianJack Mar 2012 #5

You Wouldn't Believe TheMastersNemesis Mar 2012 #3

and it's only only accellerating Shirley0401 Mar 2012 #8

it is always tough in the early stages of a recovery quaker bill Mar 2012 #4

Long unemployed perceived as losers? longship Mar 2012 #6

I think that's true. Honeycombe8 Mar 2012 #10

This is the same behrstar Mar 2012 #7

If we had a gov't that represented its people, laws could be made to stop that ProfessionalLeftist Mar 2012 #9