Solitude and job hunting

Businesses today make it a point to foster and encourage team work among their employees, whether it is in an office or a manufacturing plant. Of course that makes quite a bit of sense because productivity is always at the highest level when folks work together. It also builds a camaraderie among the employees that boosts morale and makes work feel like a team effort. Certainly this doesn’t happen in all cases but for the most part it is a great plan. However if you are looking for a job and you are an older worker then you know that there will be a good deal of solitude in your job search.


Not all job hunting is done in solitude, there is networking where you receive help and assistance from folks that know of job openings or potential job openings. It is also a good idea to network with people that are in the same boat that you are, unemployed, older and looking for a job. Social media such as LinkedIn and Facebook are a great help in that area.

But networking is only part of your job search journey, there are lots of times when it will be just up to you to continue to search out new leads or make changes to your resume or even your approach to finding work. And this can be frustrating especially if you have had been looking for a long time and haven’t found anything yet and then add on the fact that you are older which can be more of a burden. Dealing with a continual disappointment can be discouraging and even more so when you are on your own.

If the disappointment and the loneliness of job hunting becomes too much too handle, you need to get support from either your family or health professionals. It is certainly understandable because finding a job in any economy especially a bad one is a daunting task.

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