Come on.
The market is very tight for door-to-door gynecologists.
I tend to agree with you. Of course it depends on what skills he has, but it seems to me that something should have turned up if he was really trying.
"He couldn't find a job in 14 states?
"Come on."
My thought exactly. But you surely don't
think Canadian journalists would lie to
make the U.S. look bad, do you?
At least he has the money to afford traveling to 14 states, it seems. I suppose it would be easier if those states are the smaller ones on the East Coast, but it's still not cheap to travel around like that (gas, food, motels, etc.).
What's happening nowadays isn't much different to the changes of the early 20th century. I'm sure there were buggy-whip manufacturers complaining about the advent of "horseless carriages" and silent-movie actors put out of work when the "talkies" came into vogue, but when your skills are rendered obsolete, it's time to earn new skills.
I also found it interesting that this article doesn't specify exactly what type of work this guy is seeking. Since the Mexicans (illegal aliens, presumably) are taking the jobs he wants, we have to assume that he's unskilled and seeking minimum-wage jobs; one would hope he'd had done better for himself by the time he reached his 55th birthday. Had he complained about outsourcing to India, however, it would be easier to assume that his skills are more high-tech, but that's not the case here.
Either way, if work is that difficult to come by, he should consider getting training in a new line of work. Plenty of trade schools out there, and plenty of people in their 30's or older are back in school doing what they can to keep themselves competitive in today's job market. Things are getting tough out there, but no reason to roll over and take it without a good fight.