Week of 2/21/2011 through 2/25/2011

This week was interesting because I am in the office by myself.  I mean I was the only Veteran Representative.  The other Representatives had to go to SKIES training which is three days long.  I have  had this training already.  It was a very busy week and it went fast.  I had to make calls to long term unemployed veterans offer services, such as dislocated worker for veterans who my need retraining due to job relocations or to update their skills to become more employable.  This week I had to work with a disabled veteran who had just graduated with her bachlors degree and was having a hard time finding a job because she has no experience, she is 55 years old and told me that she feels like she wasted her time going back to school because now that she has a degree no one will hire her because she states she feels that she is told old and employers are worried about her retiring.  I was able to help her a resume that focused more on her current skills and not just her experience.  I asked did she have any proof and she said that she gets the interview and it seems she does well but never gets a call back.  She also states that some empoyers even have you enter your birthdate on the application and she fells that is discrimination.  So I dont this was great and is currently relates to my research paper on Age discrimination in Employment.