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In this economy all of us are struggling. America needs to get a grip--quit sending our jobs overseas---educate our young people to be competitive--and look at the bottom line instead of what feels good right now on the political forum.

Rejection is never easy but when you holding multiple degrees, viewed as over-qualified, and not even given any insight by hiring officials as to what would make you more marketable is beyond frustrating.

Watching that job go to an overseas firm because they do not have to meet the same standards in the work place as we do here...and then they receive subsidies and so forth...I wonder what I have worked so hard for.

America needs to keep our jobs here and if that means giving firms bigger write-offs or tax incentives in order to do so then we need to do that.

At the risk of perhaps sounding a bit racist...every time I have to press one for English I get so mad I just want to hang up. When I call for tech support and cannot understand the person that is supposed to help me I want to scream. Sorry...I know that had nothing to do with this article but it just makes me so frustrated and angry.

It isn't enough that I am competing with people half my age with half my experience that are willing to do the same job for half of what I need to be paid based on my wealth of experience...but now I am competing with people that do not even live here in America.

I really like this one, I am in process of waiting for a reply to a Monday job interview and it eased my nerves a little. As for the Millenial issue I think its true, I am one of them so I can say it. As the generations get younger it gets worse and worse, I cant imagine what the children of today are going to be like, they have no respect for there elders and spend too much time on the internet. Well I digress...I think the statement about coddling and having everything handed to us is kinda true, but you cant speak for everyone about anything, it is a little too generalized. I thought it was a good article.

Wonderful, I am a firm believer in children learning to deal with rejection from their parents. It is a great lesson, and a painful one to learn on your own.

This was a really insulting article. We're all facing tons of rejection, and it's hard for anyone to remain positive when sending out hundreds of resumes with no interviews in return - it's a tough job market. I don't see how one generation should be belittled, or why it's assumed that Millenials simply never learned to handle rejection because they were "handed" everything - I think that's too broad a statement, and it has zero data to back it up.

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This is a good article for young poeple today........I live in Vegas, and there are over 95,000 poeple out of work here. When most of the city is out of work, the business owners have to many choices. A lot of times when they see that I am over 40, I don't even make it past the first screaner. You would not believe how many screaners and how many questions you have to answer. I am getting a lot of practice in, once I got so close to a job I could taste it. I talk to people on the street here, I keep telling them that Vegas can be like that sometimes. Sometimed it can take a whole year and that is pounding the pavement everyday as if it is your last chance. A lot of them think there is something wrong with them. But I know when Vegas opens up, it opens in a big way. I once had 5 interviews in one day. But the new online system really slows things down. And it takes so long to get to the person doing the hiring.....by the time you get to this person you are tired.......You would have to see all the stuff they put you through here to believe it. I miss the old way, one interview per job. The test you have to pass silly and only designed for office workers with a desire to take over the company. A some of them are the same 50 qeustions rearranged 5 times and your 10 year old could have written them.I had some family stay at hotel here that did think I was good enough to work for them, they said the employees there are so rude they will not rent from them ever again......And this is a big fancy place with 2 valets!!!!
But on my last failed interview the guy said he was going to interview 2,200 poeple to hire 15. On my way out I bumped into several very young poeple who also failed. I think a lot of the problem is that they just have to many choices right now. When there are more jobs than employees they don't do all that funny stuff........Tex

I am a professional going from "freelance/consultant" back to "employee". My passion lies in something I bigger than a consulting level. I have the experience and resume and references to show for it. But employers seem a bit weary of my commitment. I think they feel, well - you worked for yourself, why work for us? Well, because what I want to do now, fits the job they have. It can be daunting, but I stay positive. I know the right this is out there for me.

The youngun's aren't the only ones getting doors slammed in their face. Try going back into corporate after 12 years of working for yourself. It's not a walk in the park!