Yep, and everything I've read since the economy went down hill in 08 
says if you're over 50, forget it.  My sister in law ws laid off then 
and never did find another job and she'd worked for that office supply 
firm for years.  I have a friend with an engineering degree in same 
situation, best he could find was a greeter at Walmart and they don't 
want you to work many hours so they don't have to pay benefits.  And, I 
might add, these are sighted people, so I'm not very optomistic as a 
blind person.  I lived in Las Vegas for ten years, and almost every job 
that came up had  literallly hundreds of applicants.  In the ten years I 
was there, the bureau of services to the blind didn't place one blind 
person, some high partials, but no that is zero totals in any kind of 
employment.

Oh, yes, to keep this ham related, hard to buy ham gear if  you're not 
working.  Until she finally understood, that was one of the problems my 
wife and I had was me not helping much with the income, she had a job 
and I did not.
73
Butch
WA0VJR
Node 3148
Wallace, ks.


On Tue, 30 Sep 2014, Dr. Ronald E. Milliman wrote:

> Unfortunately, age really does kick in. I have several friends that have
> been let go by their firms for various bogus reasons, like they are
> downsizing and eliminating the position, but then, they turn around and hire
> a younger person that they pay considerably less to, who is doing the same
> thing. I have substantial connections here with Fruit of the Loom, and they
> pull that crap all of the time.
>
> Ron
>
>
>
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> Ron, I will trust your research.
> My data is subjective.  Again, my data is the most important data for me,
> because it is my job hunt.
> I also have two disabilities.
> I am beginning to think age is bigger than blindness.
> I always got a job before, and I was always blind.
> Since I passed 55, it has been much harder.  After 60, not even an
> interview.
>
> H T Kaufman MSW LCSW
> Adaptive Technology Instructor
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