I took a non teaching State Govt job

and it did not work out due to my love of lifelong learning

My past higher education academic pursuits

my knowledge was way advanced for the position and pay that the agency hired me into. I took the job anyway because I needed to work.

But my test results on the weekly's were above avg 98% when only 80 was required

Some people couldnt score 80

I became targeted for pushout during the Covid outbreak. I am middle age. My peers were recent college graduates

It seems as though, as an educated woman who worked in private sectors that I've aged out

I tried a State Govt job thinking that my experience, dedication and advanced education would add value to this employer

It did not. It worked against me.

You cant take a 12th grader and bring them back to 5th grade

But that is what happens out here in the work world. (to some people who may not have the right connections)

Men in higher level positions wont speak with me. They push me down to the junior people in their 20's who are just starting out in their careers.

Its to send a message, "You are not wanted here, we dont care what you know, you are in our age group and got pushed down into poverty, we cant be near that!"

And so I cant work my way out.

I cant just start a business. That requires money and well, as a Finance major, I know what it takes.

And if we could all just start a business, we would.

Many people out here in society neglect to discuss budgets and cost of living. They'll suggest to me "just take any job" as though its sitting on a shelf like a piece of fruit we can pick.

It doesnt work that way

But thats how many people think

That we can all just take and work ANY job no matter how old we are, our financial housing needs costs, healthcare costs...

Experience comes with age.

Not many places want to pay for the experience

The mature people in my age group in the biz sector wont speak with me.

Im not good enough because I dont have a Title. Therefore only their junior person is sent to speak with me. And they are the ones keeping me out of employment

Id love to study for LSATs to apply to law school at night. But that isnt free and I have no income.

None

I cant get hired anywhere

Substitutes teaching wouldnt work. I need $3000/month min to live

Ive posted in other reddit forums

But any mentioning of my education results in people attacking me or calling me elitist because I need cerebral work.

Submitted October 27, 2020 at 09:24PM by Madeline2853 https://ift.tt/35yJiiU