Not a boomer, but you’d probably classify me as one. I could get a job quickly - but only because I have lots of contacts. And I can and have helped younger people with those contacts. So the trick is to make friends with lots of people, even us older folk. Maybe that comes across as creepy, but I don’t mean it that way. It’s just how things work. It worked that way in my youth too, just not as much.
I guess my parents are nearly boomers but a little too old, they were kids in wwii. But I think they would also advise people to make friends and use such contacts to try get a job. Yes they went though times where you could walk into a store and get a job that day, but they also went through some shitty stuff. Moreover, they’re not idiots and know times change.
Not a boomer, but you’d probably classify me as one. I could get a job quickly - but only because I have lots of contacts. And I can and have helped younger people with those contacts. So the trick is to make friends with lots of people, even us older folk. Maybe that comes across as creepy, but I don’t mean it that way. It’s just how things work. It worked that way in my youth too, just not as much.
You could get a job using contacts but the task is getting a job using the advice boomers give to young people.
“Use you decades of contacts gathered during your career” isn’t really usable advice.
Apply for jobs using AI job application portals on websites and see how long it takes to get a job.
You could burn 3 episodes on just seeing how long it takes to get a callback.
“make good friends” is still good advice.
I guess my parents are nearly boomers but a little too old, they were kids in wwii. But I think they would also advise people to make friends and use such contacts to try get a job. Yes they went though times where you could walk into a store and get a job that day, but they also went through some shitty stuff. Moreover, they’re not idiots and know times change.