This week was another turning point for me. It was the week I realized that I was in this for the long haul. I still have some choices to make. I can continue "spinning my wheels" trying to find gainful employment or I can start searching for anything that comes along that will make me some money. I know by this time there are many out there that are thinking the same thing. Age doesn't matter. That is the one thing that really gets me upset. I know there are many out there that are saying that once you reach a certain age that you should just quit trying to find gainful employment. I also know that there are many out there that have just gotten out of college or have been really trying for a year or more to find gainful employment as well. For these people, it isn't that they are a certain age. It's really because they have no experience. How do you get that experience when nobody wants to give you a chance to gain it? I don't know. I feel that frustration as well.
Most of us can relate to this feeling very well. I've heard stories of people that have years of experience being let go because the company couldn't afford to keep them on, only to try to bring them back later on. What some companies don't realize is that they have a "treasure trove" of resources that their computers are automatically deleting because the candidates don't use the right "keywords" on their applications. How can you compete with a soul less computer? You can't.
I'd love to find a company that actually looks at the cover letters and resumes they receive, instead of regulating them to an electronic "black hole." I know I can't compete with a computer or with the literally hundred thousand resumes that clog the internet. I do what I am required to do. I know that my resume is in that electronic "black hole" now at least twenty or more companies. That is why I know that I'm in it for the long haul.
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