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To: Haim R. Branisteanu who wrote (31485)	6/5/2005 1:04:01 PM
From: maceng2	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 116555

I quite ageee. I was able to get a job at age 45, but that was touch and go. At 50 yrs old the current view is you not worth employing. Meanwhile... news.independent.co.uk news.scotsman.com I have some UK employment figures somewhere. There are about 3 million unemployed males in the UK about my age. A lot of them are filed as long term sick.

To: Haim R. Branisteanu who wrote (31485)	6/5/2005 9:35:39 PM
From: benwood	Respond to of 116555

I think that is largely true (the over 40 problem). In EE Times, they'd documented time and time again how there are a plethora of older qualified engineers looking for work, but time and time again they are turned down for being "over qualified." Then in the next breath, these same companies are pleading with Congress to expand the H1B Visa quotas (for foreign engineers and other high tech workers), citing a dire shortage of qualified engineers. HP is one such company banging that drum ad nauseum. The projections for needed engineers over the next 5, 10, and 20 years always seems rather large when contrasted with the many jobs simultaneously landing on foreign shores each month. What (tech) corporations want is more young, cheap labor. Either they will get it through an overabundance of qualified US laborers, or they will get it through an abundance of foreign qualified laborers.