Woot, recruiter just called me for Tech Support position.

[bamademo]

I look good on a resume, have great experience but when they see a women in her 50's, I will be discriminated against for not being young geeky guy. Seen it time and time again.

[cyberswede]

1. Good luck!

Maybe this one will be an exception!

[Wait Wut]

2. Stay positive...

...and be confident! Walk in like you already have the job and can't wait to get to work.

Good luck!

[Boomerproud]

3. I'm also an unemployed woman in her 50's.

Please keep us posted and best of luck to you.

[bamademo]

4. Why will they not hire us? We are extremely intelligent and reliable.

I don't have any dramas left. Parents are dead, no kids. No health problems.

[rurallib]

5. I think it is the age more than anything

good luck

[Boomerproud]

6. Well, I can only speak for myself but I'm not tall, cute and young.

I even went to an open interview at McDonald's for cryin' out loud and all of these teenage girls with halter tops and tattoos walked in and I bet you a 1000K one of them got the job. I'm really rooting for you.

[a kennedy]

7. Good vibes, and keeping fingers crossed for you. Good luck.

[NewJeffCT]

8. It's not just women it happens to as you get older

I'm now in my late 40s and have great experience, but often get told in positions I apply/interview for that I'm "too experienced" or "overqualified", even if I'm right in the salary range they've listed. My take is that when people tell me "I'm too experienced," most of the time, it's the legal way to say I'm too old.