Too Old To Hire... At 53

I worked in disability insurance from 1998 until 2004, then was laid off. Not wanting to face the same 'torture' for a $10,000.00 cut in pay, I steered away from insurance. I thought that, with my MS Office experience, [at one time] Excel 'Guru' status and IT work, I would be able to land a job with little or no problem. Boy, was I mistaken! What I did not take into consideration was that I was now 53, going on 54. No one even had the common courtesy to interview me or even respond to my resume.

A temporary hiring service told me that I should remove the dates from my resume. I was told by my daughter in human resources that a company would just 'trash' a resume with no dates on it.

In desperation, I went back to working in a carpet mill.

If anyone knows of a legitimate online business that is worthwhile, please e-mail me - No multi-level marketing please. Everyone there just sits around waiting for someone else to do something. I have been involved with them for over twenty years now. And NO, I am NOT paying for info or start-up kits! If it is legitimate and a money-maker, the company will pay me to work for them - not the other way around... Thanks!

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