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=Welcome to OLD GOLD, the Wiki for Dislocated Workers (like yours truly). You are invited to sign in, read on and join in the debate on this life-changing issue for millions of hard-working Americans WHO:=
 * ==**Are a long way from over the hill!**==
 * ==**Still have SO much to offer employers!**==
 * ==**Are excellent sources of knowledge, skillsets and ability!**==

=**At the Same Time, We Are:**=
 * ====**Trying to recover** from job losses due to nasty things like //**downsizing, rightsizing, restructuring, business closing, business moving offshore**// or - let's tell it like it is - //**age and wage discrimination**//, letting longtime, skilled workers go in order to replace them with less costly, less experienced help====
 * ====**Seeking rewarding** employment====
 * ====**Barely making** ends meet====
 * ====**Working to reinvent** ourselves through schooling, retraining, new career directions====
 * ====**Fearful** of Unemployment Compensation and COBRA benefits ending at the same time====
 * ====**In dire need** of health insurance coverage and too far away from Medicare====

Are you with us so far? Then read on for useful information that will include:

 * ====**Postings from the Web** with research on our situation and the outlook - that isn't necesssarily bleak!====
 * ====**Inspiring examples of our peers who are living the dream** - **still valued** on the job!====
 * **An open forum seeking YOUR IDEAS** and **EXAMPLES** of what works!
 * **Jumpstart your job search** at the locations suggested on the **Shine On** page**!**
 * ====**COMING SOON: Interviews with the experts** who will tell us how to get our grizzled old feet back in the door!====