[MI-IRISH]

Originally Posted by Ivorytickler

Companies don't hire people with experience unless they're still, relatively, young. Try being 50 years old with experience and looking for work. No one will talk to you.

Try coming to my crew,if your experienced in my field,i'd put you out with my guy's,teach the punks a thing or two,(and contrary to popular belief,a punk is a badge of honor,not offensive,so go back to your keyboard and latte' this is beyond you)I have alway's kept older brothers on my crews,better done right than not done at all,but again this is old school,never had a super disagree with me in 17 years about my crews,and,don't think i ever will

[Ivorytickler]

Originally Posted by MI-IRISH

so go back to your keyboard and latte' this is beyond you

What warranted that slam? How do you know what is beyond me?

I'm talking about how older people are treated in job searchs. Look at the research out there. Much past 40 puts you in a different category when it comes to looking for a job. I'm either over qualified and they won't take me or I don't have the exact experience they want and they'd rather train a young person if they have that option.

[mike231]

IvoryTickler,
You are scaring me, I'll be 44 this year - I have 21 years experience in Construction, self-employed for 21 years and was already told that I have too much experience. Now I'm headed into IT and I'll be over 40 with no experience.
When I was young I had no experience, then too much, and soon I'll be back to no experience. If I wait until the construction (residential) industry rebounds I will more than likely be 50.
What's a guy to do ?
I decided to give education a chance. I'm hoping it will open a few more doors even without the experience, but who knows ? It might all boil down to who you know.
These are frustrating / interesting times.

[Ivorytickler]

Originally Posted by mike231

IvoryTickler,
You are scaring me, I'll be 44 this year - I have 21 years experience in Construction, self-employed for 21 years and was already told that I have too much experience. Now I'm headed into IT and I'll be over 40 with no experience.
When I was young I had no experience, then too much, and soon I'll be back to no experience. If I wait until the construction (residential) industry rebounds I will more than likely be 50.
What's a guy to do ?
I decided to give education a chance. I'm hoping it will open a few more doors even without the experience, but who knows ? It might all boil down to who you know.
These are frustrating / interesting times.

Exactly what you're doing. Start over. The problem is, entry level jobs go to people with entry level experience (they look at you like you're nuts if you have experience but will settle for entry level ) BUT jobs requiring experience are already filled unless it's some kind of specific experience that is in short supply. So, you and I are SOL with our experience. Time to start over.

My husband went into IT during the last recession and he's done well with it but I don't know what we'd do if he lost this job. Me, I saw the writing on the wall years ago and decided to add a teachers certificate to my resume. Unfortunately, there's a shortage of jobs there too . So I'm two for two. Can't get an engineering job because I"m over qualified for the few that are out there and can't get a teaching job because they can get experience cheap so they don't want a newbie. I can't win. If I wasn't almost 50, I'd go back to school. I'm thinking this time, I'll just leave the state. I can't fight this any longer. Michigan doesn't want people like me so I guess we just need to move on.