tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5973827.post7301808790130102000..comments2024-01-11T07:40:01.736-05:00Comments on The Stopped Clock: Being Unemployed vs. Being UnemployableAaronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16523334580402022332noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5973827.post-32824171145921726132010-06-06T19:58:32.808-04:002010-06-06T19:58:32.808-04:00That's a good point, and was one of the things...That's a good point, and was one of the things I was trying to get at with "it's often difficult for a worker who is twenty or more years older than her classmates to get hired into an entry level position". Their technical qualifications may be equal on paper, and the older worker may have a solid resume of performance in his prior career, but the younger worker will very often (dare I say usually) have an advantage due to factors such as those you describe.Aaronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16523334580402022332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5973827.post-56634922644160828952010-06-06T19:41:49.436-04:002010-06-06T19:41:49.436-04:00Well, face it, even if your skill set IS relevant ...Well, face it, even if your skill set IS relevant to the workplace, you're "unemployable" if your potential employers think that you're just "too old" to fit the youthful vibe *cough Google cough*, or assume that you can't possibly have a useful skill set because clearly nobody your age knows how to do X, or simply figures that a younger person will be more desperate and put up with worse working conditions for less money. (The computer-game industry runs on that, y'know.)mythagohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07138471078836187498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5973827.post-87435347438992257752010-06-06T17:15:02.080-04:002010-06-06T17:15:02.080-04:00I struggle with what to tell the kiddos. Before, ...I struggle with what to tell the kiddos. Before, if you did the "right" things--finish school, get training or college, you'd find a job. Maybe not your dream job, but a job. That isn't the case any more.<br />I also wonder what is going to happen when people simply can't work any more but have no savings or retirement funds or health care.... :(TeacherPattihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17873195451474843927noreply@blogger.com