[quote=FlyerInHi]BG, let me give you an example of a dumb boomer.
My realtor (not really my realtor because I’m not loyal to a buyer’s agent. I prefer to contact listing agent directly) doesn’t know how to convert a picture to pdf. I had to do it for him so he can print it. Dumb.
Some processes should be streamlined and simplified with technology.[/quote]FIH, I’ve had pdf conversion software (for 10 years) as well as Mac to PC software and vice versa (20 years) and even photo-conversion software (15 years) for longer than millenials have even realized they existed. I keep regular hours in my very well-equipped home office and get a LOT done everyday.
People like skerzz are “professionals” so they don’t have to compete for jobs with the “problem children” and so don’t have a clue about being rejected in favor of them. I do not have a college degree but possess an ABA-approved paralegal certificate from USD in Business litigation. Our classes were “500-level” classes and I have 33 years experience in the field. The goth chick with the iphone appendage that I described here (or the applicant with the white shirt with black bra peeking out from it) IS my competition today for jobs …. especially if she/he speaks fluent Spanish! (I just borrowed some Rosetta Stone SW and will endeavor to brush up as I have taken ten years worth of Spanish classes, lol.) The bottom line is that employers want young employees. They don’t care what they have to go through with them day-to-day but they want young and I accepted that fact ten years ago.
I’m actually not bitter. I am better off as an “independent contractor.” I’m just really happy that my kids received and are pursuing viable college degrees in fields that are in demand :=)
