Going in Circles in my Job Search

Wow! this is frustrating. All of my passions seem geared to being self-employed and independent. So I think, read, and think some more. Every time I read about a job opening in the field of health and wellness, even jobs that seem to be what I am looking for, have this heavy feeling about it, rather than a feeling of goodness. There is just something about job searching at age 59 that just doesn't feel good. I have a friend who is 60. Even though he has a master's degree, he too is looking for employment. He found a part-time job as a census taker and has ended up with so few assignments, he is hardly making anything. Another man I know is retired at 61, barely surviving. He writes, "no one wants to hire an old man." He too has a college education but was forced into early retirement at age 59.

We seniors all read in job descriptions that a company does not discriminate in regard to age, but we do not believe it. How are there so many college educated seniors who can't find work if their age doesn't matter. Plus, we are seniors who do not qualify for social security yet. As the old saying goes, "We're between a rock and a hard place."

Emma Faye
My job search diary