If you got laid off in 2010 and afterwards have a gap in your employment, you won’t get hired. Just the other day I called Accountemps about a Collection Specialist position and an A/R position. A few days prior I was told that they have my resume on file and I would be called if anything came up that I was suited for. So when I saw these jobs I spoke to a recruiter at Accountemps and I asked why wasn’t I called as I had been promised. The recruiter said that companies will routinely dismiss applicants with gaps in their job history. I asked who the client was of these jobs was. I was told that was confidential. I then asked if the client wasn’t aware that it is difficult for those of us over 60 to get hired and companies like them aren’t getting workers like me hired when we didn’t lose our job through no fault of our own. I told the recruiter to pass my resume to this client with this proviso: • I’m not interested in anyone’s job other than what is available. • I’m not a threat to take anyone’s job.

Let’s see iwhat happens on Monday.