My Hubby Is Jobless - Page 5

ChynnaBlue · ‎05-22-2012

On 8/18/2014 ManolosandChoos said:
Make sure his resume is updated, in the new formatting. I was surprised after being self-employed for 20 years how resumes have changed. He needs to do a skill focused rather than employer focused resume. He needs to dress the part and attend job fairs and open interviews...employers will guess at his age and being over 50 it's difficult to get interviews from resume alone. And most of all, tell him to persevere and keep his spirits up...it's not easy nor is it impossible. Good luck.

"Dressing the part" usually doesn't apply to IT workers. I agree with everything else.

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Perkup · ‎03-09-2010

Be sure that your husband gets all the unemployment he is entitled to earn. He has worked for it and deserves it. Some people we know have been too proud to get in line for the benefits available to them, when so many are out there taking advantage of what they have not earned and aren't eligible for. The benefits are there to tide him over until an appropriate job is available to him, and I hope he will take advantage of this. God bless you both during this very trying time.

terrier3 · ‎03-10-2010

On 8/19/2014 Perkup said:
Be sure that your husband gets all the unemployment he is entitled to earn. He has worked for it and deserves it. Some people we know have been too proud to get in line for the benefits available to them, when so many are out there taking advantage of what they have not earned and aren't eligible for. The benefits are there to tide him over until an appropriate job is available to him, and I hope he will take advantage of this. God bless you both during this very trying time.

If he was working under a 3 month contract - I don't think he is eligible for unemployment...but he should check. It's a way employers get around paying benefits, including unemployment insurance.

If he was working under a contract, he is ALREADY a consultant...he wasn't actually an employee of the last place where he worked.

That is how it works, at least in my state.

Kachina624 · ‎03-10-2010

On 8/19/2014 terrier3 said:
On 8/19/2014 Sooner said:
On 8/18/2014 kachina624 said: Don't waste people's' time and money by telling them to send out resumes. That's how people got jobs 40 years ago. Now those resumes go straight to the trash and the more informed and aggressive job hunter gets the interviews. All the state employment services hold classes in how to look for work, interview and find hidden jobs. Do job seekers a favor and help by suggesting they call there.

MANY people are hired from resumes. Don't overlook them. Why overlook any accepted means to get noticed for a job. Where both my husband and I work you have to have a good, well written PAPER resume to make the first cut. It's like that is lots of places.

Almost every job now requires an on-line application, with a resume attached.

That's even if you know the manager and they want you to apply. Businesses need to keep records of applicants to prove they are evaluating job seekers legally.

So you WILL need a resume, even if it doesn't have much bearing on landing a job.

Yes, you need a resume to present at interviews, job fairs and the like, but to "shotgun" resumes arbitrarily to businesses is a waste of time and money.

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Kachina624 · ‎03-10-2010

So, with all these suggestions, has the OP disappeared? Apparently she is not too concerned. I hate posters who solicit and get help then never acknowledges everyone's efforts.

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123SuzyQ123 · ‎03-09-2010

My son just lost his job in June. His company was downsizing and they let go 3 employees, one of which was my son. He had worked there for 4.5 years and had been the last person hired, so he was the first to go.

It is devastating to someone to lose their source of income. My son is struggling with it and sort of depressed as he has a wife and son to support. I have been giving him pep talks, which don't really help much.

I feel that he will find something soon, as he lives in a huge city. Please send prayers up for him if you will. His name is Jeffrey.

CatsyCline · ‎07-24-2013

The best way to get hired is to network and be proactive. We have a friend who is a high-level consultant, he's 60 but this is his 4th position in 5 years. He uses LinkedIn and has to rewire his resume constantly to fit job requirements and always manages to find another consulting gig. He has highly specialized expertise though in the financial services industry. The companies he's consulted for hire many under age-40 foreign nationals and also recent grads, mostly young women. This hiring practice occurs at each company he's been affiliated with.

kitty4me · ‎03-21-2010

I just want to thank everyone who has offered advice and encouragement since I first started this thread. I can now say my Husband has got a Job offer today. It is with a huge Company. It is a cut in pay from what he was making. I will say a steady paycheck is better than no paycheck. It will be 15000 less a year. We are both pretty excited though. We were thinking his age may be a problem. He still has two other offers in the fire from other Companies making what he was making and hasn't heard from them as of today. Were both happy.

chrystaltree · ‎05-10-2010

Network like crazy and take the contract jobs. At his age, his best bet for finding a fulltime job is through one of the contract positions. It isn't fair and it's discriminatory but it's highly unlikely that any employer who doesn't have a relationship with him will hire a 61 year old man. He might have to resign hisself to the idea that until he retires, he has to do contract or temp work. A friend of my husband is in the same type of situation. He's 62, he has two boys in college, he has no intentions of retiring before he's 72. He's a registered nurse who, against everyone's advice, took a sales job with a pharmaceutical company 5 years ago. The job and the company went kaput. Thankfully, he kept his RN license and worked one or two shifts a month for a temp agency. He's been working full time for that temp agency for a year and he's interviewed at every hospital within 80 miles of his home. No takers. He has the experience, he has the references. But, sadly, he also has 62 years behind him and the 30something and 40something nurse managers he interviews with see that as a negative. Just last weekend, he was telling us that he's given up looking for full time work. It's futile and he can't take the disappointment any longer. He'll work as a contract nurse or per diem temp nurse.

chrystaltree · ‎05-10-2010

On 8/20/2014 Katey1261 said:
I just want to thank everyone who has offered advice and encouragement since I first started this thread. I can now say my Husband has got a Job offer today. It is with a huge Company. It is a cut in pay from what he was making. I will say a steady paycheck is better than no paycheck. It will be 15000 less a year. We are both pretty excited though. We were thinking his age may be a problem. He still has two other offers in the fire from other Companies making what he was making and hasn't heard from them as of today. Were both happy.

I'm happy for him! It's a significant salary reduction but it's full time job. Hopefully one of the other two will come to fruition and the pay will be better. It is indeed his age....we live in strange times.