It’s very disheartening, especially for older, White males.
Only rarely do you receive a rejection letter—Mainly it’s an automated response thanking you for your inquiry with assurances that you’ll hear back if they’re interested.
You never hear back.
That's my experience. And there seems to be a lot of funny business going on in the Technology sector: entry level jobs requiring 2, 5 and even 10 years of experience... which, it seems, are then used as the basis for claiming the need to import foreign workers via the H1B visa program.
You never hear back.
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Especially if you are white, male and 50+! EXACTLY!
Yep. That was my experience for a few months after I was laid off in January. 52 years-old and unemployed. It was terribly frustrating and depressing, but I held onto my faith, trusted in God and believed that if I kept doing my part and looked for work, eventually something would come my way. When it did, it wasn’t what I had hoped for, but I was / am damn grateful for it.
But I’m one of the fortunate few. There are fewer and fewer employers willing to hire somebody my age, despite my education and experience, because they can hire a couple of recent college grads willing to work for peanuts. I’m not making much more than peanuts but I’m still grateful for that, too.
It’s rough out there, folks. If you’ve got a job that pays you enough to survive, pay your bills and put food on the table, be grateful and keep showing up, even if it’s not what you want. Keep the job while you keep looking for something better.
How long will it be before it will be a crime for a white male to exist?
I looked for three years. I live in a high unemployment area—almost ten percent.
After running my own company for fourteen years, I closed it down for medical reasons and decided to go back to my old career.
There have been no jobs close to what I was making. I finally accepted a job that I literally did when I was 26. That was thirty years ago.
I am grateful for the opportunity. But I’ve been in the final interviewing group four times. Every successful candidate was a minority woman. No bias here.