Im aiming towards Petroleum Transfer Technitian... Bill ---- Jay Cicone <[email protected]> wrote: > I hear indoor farming is big these days. > > > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Bill Hood > Sent: Friday, March 13, 2009 9:53 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [gatortalk] Re: Herald sports writer Mike Phillips > > > > Don't become an Indian chief...I hear their having problems too... > > Bill > > Go Gators !!! > Bill > > _____ > > From: "Gatornet Admin" > Date: Fri, 13 Mar 2009 09:13:49 -0400 > To: <[email protected]> > Subject: [gatortalk] Re: Herald sports writer Mike Phillips > > Welcome to MY world. At 58 years old, the opportunities virtually disappear > in front of your eyes. I was in manufacturing automation in the textile > industry for many years until all of the textile giants in the US died off. > Most of the textile work has gone to China, so I had to reinvent myself in > 2001. Now, I'm having to do it again in 2009. Hmm... what do I want to be > THIS time? Cowboy? Fireman? Indian Chief? Don't know, but it will most > certainly be something different... > > > > Randy > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: [email protected] > > To: [email protected] > > Sent: Friday, March 13, 2009 8:29 AM > > Subject: [gatortalk] Re: Herald sports writer Mike Phillips > > > > This is getting off Gators - so if we need to move it somewhere else - I > understand > > > > Things are so tight and different today. > > > > I am 47 years old now and already seeing the age discrimination thing - even > though there is suppose to be a shortage of skilled workers in programming. > > > > 20+ years of experience, plus BS and Master's no longer seems to matter. > > > > Being able to "figure things out" no longer seems to matter. People use to > hire me to go figure out how to do things. Nowadays - unless you've been > doing something for 3 to 5 years - they assume you have no clue and never > will be able to figure it out. > > > > What you did several years ago does not matter. For 20+ years I did > manufacturing automation. Have done very little in the last 7 years. My > resume only goes back about 7 years. People are looking for someone in > automation - look at my resume - and tell me that I have no knowledge or > experience. > > > > How does someone change jobs and maintain an income the same? If you > completely start over - doesn't your income? Doesn't your income drop to 1/4 > of what it was? > > > > Times are a changing ... > > > > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: [gatortalk] Re: Herald sports writer Mike Phillips > From: Helen Huntley <[email protected]> > Date: Fri, March 13, 2009 7:40 am > To: [email protected] > > You try to figure out what else you can do. I took a buyout from the St. Pete > Times last year because I could see that things were only going to get worse > for the newspaper industry. Because I was personal finance editor, I thought > reinventing myself as a financial adviser was a logical course of action. > (http://www.holifieldhuntley.com/) I also have been doing some freelance > writing and research. For example, I helped with the research for this book: > http://www.amazon.com/Fight-Your-Money-Getting-Fortune/dp/0767929845/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8 > > <http://www.amazon.com/Fight-Your-Money-Getting-Fortune/dp/0767929845/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1236944055&sr=1-1> > &s=books&qid=1236944055&sr=1-1 . > > So far things are working out. However, my husband works in local government, > where they are planning major layoffs, so he could be job hunting later this > year. > > Helen > > > > On Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 4:40 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > > I was thinking about that similar thing today. I think that the Raleigh > newspaper laid off its sports writers and now th only sports writers are in > Charlotte covering the whole state. > > > > If all you've ever done is go to college for something, and done something > for like 20 years - what do you do when you are laid off and no one is hiring > in your field? It seems kind of ridiculous going back to school - after > you've already graduated with a bachelor's or Master's. > > > > > > > > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: [gatortalk] Herald sports writer Mike Phillips > From: Helen Huntley <[email protected]> > Date: Thu, March 12, 2009 3:58 pm > To: gatortalk <[email protected]> > > Is one of the Miami Herald writers who lost his job this week in the big > layoff they had, according to a report I read. We've often had his stories > posted to Gator News. > > </DIV > <BR > > > > > > >
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