Giving you the support you need
We should help each other.
Looking for a job, especially when you’re older, is incredibly stressful.
You have to deal with a ton of rejection, and a whirlwind of sometimes conflicting advice about what to do next. There are so many platforms, so many potential strategies. You are competing against a flood of eager and talented 25-year-olds.
And so much of it is behind a curtain. What are the jobs you have the best chance at landing? Where should you look? Why didn’t you make it past the screening interview? Most often there’s no way to know.
My own frustrations and challenges were a big reason I created this newsletter.
My hope when I started Mighty Forces was that it could become a community of people supporting each other.
I’m so grateful that you’re reading this. But my hopes for a community have not come to pass.
I do get an occasional comment, but most if not all of them are from my friends. I’ve tried including questions in each newsletter, but that hasn’t seemed to spark anything.
My wonderful brilliant friend Ronnie Noize suggested that I start an in-person support group here in the Madison area so we could meet and share ideas. She made the point that after years of the pandemic, people are tired of Zoom. I agree.
But as a severe introvert, the idea of starting an in-person group from scratch makes me break out in hives. It also reminds me of poor Peter Brady, seen above, who planned a fantastic birthday party only to have no one show up.
What do you think of the idea of an in-person support group for our community? I could really use some perspectives on this. I know it could be helpful and maybe even fun if it came together. But I’m not sure I’m the right person to do that sort of thing.
Maybe there are other things I could be doing to support you. I would love to hear about them. The last thing I want is for this newsletter just being me shouting into the wind.
So please: leave a comment or reply to this email. I’m feeling a bit alone out here.
Thanks. And see you next week.
It's challenging building a community here — or anywhere — for sure. But you're providing something useful; it's just a matter of guiding the right people over here, and that's tricky. A support group sounds great. I personally would prefer zoom to in-person because it's easier to fit into the schedule and I'm still being cautious about in-person gatherings on account of covid. But that's me, and I'm not currently looking for a job.
I'm not looking for a job, but find your insights and information very helpful as I'm helping others search for a job.