Age seems to be a factor here
I am a student at a community college at age 63. Working on an associate degree for human services. The problem I'm having is I have put five resumes in and no one is calling back, even after the few interviews I have did. One is in dire need of relief help as what I applied for. They have said corie check is 1-3 weeks, it is going on five weeks and they claim they still haven't heard back from the check. In the mean time I'm jobless and money is slowly going down.I think it might be the age and they can't tell me this. I don't know if it's worth it to continue school any more? I have been semi retired from trucking for a few years before going to school last January (2016).
Hi, Michael! I'm sorry to hear that you're going through this right now. It can be easy to think that age is the leading factor, but there could be many things at play. Continue to stay in touch and let them know that you're still interested and available for the job, but don't wait around for them. It's important to keep your job search rolling even when you start getting interviews & background checks.
One thing I'm thinking is to push on through school and work at other sorts of work while in school, but then I will not be getting experience. Because after the associate degree I was going to possibly move the degree to psychology.