We all know how the media has created drama about employers no longer entertaining applications from long term out-of-work professionals. That’s bad enough to raise the already high bar on anxiety levels to panic mode.

And it’s been reputed by those entrenched in the Information Technology field that IT is a youth-oriented occupation.

For those workers unemployed for a prolonged period and over a “certain age” it seemed like there was no hope.  Newsweek just did a cover story on this.

Well, just when we thought that mature workers in IT with skills they hadn’t used in many months, some even with outdated tech skills, wouldn’t stand a chance of reentering their fields again, guess what? Were they finished? Ousted? History?

Not so fast!

They found comparable jobs back in their fields!

At least 6 professionals of former 6 figure salaries with whom I am acquainted got a new start. They are all over 55, and were unemployed for two or more years! Some obtained new formal skills, some did not. They just kept going.  

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