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I'm not certain that her issue is age related rather than geography. I find it hard to believe that nowhere in the world in the past 4 years is there a job ope

I'm not certain that her issue is age related rather than geography. I find it hard to believe that nowhere in the world in the past 4 years is there a job opening she could fill with a MIS and 20 years of experience in audit. 767 jobs on Monster for: audit "masters degree" "information systems" 2 of those jobs are within 20 miles of Seattle, WA (Vashon is an island where you catch a ferry and make it to your job in an hour or so in town). We live in a global labor pool now and people have a hard time accepting that. You may need to go to the work rather than having the option of choosing from a number of jobs right by where you choose to live.

vaksel 16y ago
sure there are...but do you think a company would want to interview someone from 500 miles away? How much must they suck...that they have to be desperate enough to seek a job that far away?
- bretpiatt 16y ago
  It isn't about "sucking" or not, it is about having a specialized versus generalized skill set. Both candidates and companies have to look outside of their local markets to make a match the more specialized they make their search. We're (I work for Rackspace Hosting) constantly flying people out for interviews from all over as we look to find the ideal person for a role. For a company it is much more expensive to settle and hire a non-ideal candidate over time than it is to spend some money on the interview and selection process. The same applies even for valley based companies -- do you think Google or Facebook have a policy of "local candidates only"?
- lsc 16y ago
  I've personally moved more than 100 miles for a job, several times. hell, I've interviewed on the other side of the country and I got the job (I ended up getting a better offer in the sf bay area, so I didn't end up going, but I got the job in Virginia, even if I didn't take it.) and I've worked with some other people who worked from home most of the time and commuted more than 100 miles once or twice a week.

vaksel 16y ago

sure there are...but do you think a company would want to interview someone from 500 miles away? How much must they suck...that they have to be desperate enough to seek a job that far away?

bretpiatt 16y ago
It isn't about "sucking" or not, it is about having a specialized versus generalized skill set. Both candidates and companies have to look outside of their local markets to make a match the more specialized they make their search. We're (I work for Rackspace Hosting) constantly flying people out for interviews from all over as we look to find the ideal person for a role. For a company it is much more expensive to settle and hire a non-ideal candidate over time than it is to spend some money on the interview and selection process. The same applies even for valley based companies -- do you think Google or Facebook have a policy of "local candidates only"?
lsc 16y ago
I've personally moved more than 100 miles for a job, several times. hell, I've interviewed on the other side of the country and I got the job (I ended up getting a better offer in the sf bay area, so I didn't end up going, but I got the job in Virginia, even if I didn't take it.) and I've worked with some other people who worked from home most of the time and commuted more than 100 miles once or twice a week.