So in this week we are reading Chapter 10 How to Deal With Any Handicaps You Have. This chapter discusses the feelings that are left after you feel you don't have what an employer is looking for. If I went to an interview and I had an awful experience I would automatically think that it was my fault and I wasn't what they were looking for. You beat your self up with what one employer might think. However, there is someone out there that is looking for you. One employer who doesn't want you doesn't define you. You just need to improve or look somewhere else.
There might be a number of reasons you do not get hired. Age might be an issue and however an employer should never discriminate you because of your age but it does happen. There might be some prejudice in the work place however that doesn't kill your chances. You might be out of work too long or your just too young might come across their heads. However, they will hire you if you choose to approach a small company and they don't have to put you late into a pension plan, and they will hire you if you have a positive attitude towards your aging. You have experience and being older doesn't make you out of the game.
This chapter also goes into many more types of "handicaps" we all face. However being a young individual I find it strange how times have changed. Usually the one who has the most experience is the one who gets the job. If someone had 15 years of experience and someone with a degree comes around it gets offered to someone who went to school. Does no schooling but tons of years of experience make that their weakness? No, there will be one person looking for your experience even if you don't have the schooling. You just need to aim at the smaller companies and have a positive attitude.
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