AMEN. The profile of the hardest hit:
The profile of the Jobs being created:
The average time for a person to realize that they have been LIFESIZED DOWNWARD:
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"The profile of the hardest hit:
Age > 40 years. Occupation: Technical Education: BS+ Engineering "
Indeed. And that's me.
37 years old, previously the senior research analyst at an artificial intelligence software/consulting company. Company now bankrupt. I've been looking from coast to coast since August of 2000. Yes, 2000. I even looked into other countries (ie, Canada, Ireland). Superb references to offer, a sterling resume, top notch credit history, no criminal record, etc, etc.
So, I became a realtor. Haven't made a living at it after a year now. Hard business to start up and develop a reputation, even working for one of the local "800 lb. Gorillas" in the industry. (To state the rather obvious: real estate is indeed a reputation based business. If you are thinking of it, I highly recommend becoming extremely social with the peer group you wish to target and expect about a 1 to 1.5 year lead time.)
I'm now looking for convenience store work, Wal-Mart, etc.
Talked to a friend of a friend who put me in touch with a real, living human being "HR manager" at a large bank. She told me that as of this week, they are maintaining 1600 jobs that are open for placement, and 40,000 resumes. Obviously, only a smattering get read. The jobs go to the inside networked contacts first, then people like myself who are lucky enough to get a manager on the phone, and lastly, to the huge number of qualified applicants.
I'm going to likely finger my way through my "black book", make the calls, and assemble all of my unemployed programmer/analyst/CIO friends together and start a new company.
Anyone care to chat on the subject?