Reply #4: A few things come to mind and just like any unsolicited advice, [View All]

[tavalon]

it may be worth a big fat nothing. I've seen those ad sites you are looking at and they do in fact, suck. If you are close to retirement age, is starting to collect SS a possibility? No, it wouldn't give you your old earning power but it would keep you from starving. Also, have you checked on your states government website for "stimulus jobs"? Lastly, if you live near Minneapolis/St. Paul, they have thriving communal living situations for all ages. That may or may not work so that you won't have to be so desperate for a job.

That aside, you sound understandably depressed. I don't work for the pharmaceutical companies and there are many more holistic things you can do, but just living with depression makes the rest of a job search that much harder and hellish.