Since you got me started, I'll give you another example.

A guy I know, who has little college but a lot of skills, plus he is a skilled tradesman, cannot find work because the union let employers know he is in the Army reserve, so they won't pick him in case he gets mobilized for Afghanistan.

He's dying to work, but he says he cannot be employed in his trade, so he has no job prospects.

I immediately disagreed.

Know what he's doing now? He's working as an interviewer, helping companies by interviewing skilled trades people for jobs since the white collar interviewers have no idea what questions to ask.

This is what we decided he could do immediately, which he did by walking into an office and asking to see the manager of the employment agency and ask them who their speailist in skilled trades was.

Now he's that guy.

It just takes perseverance.

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