Nightmare of months of job hunting after losing my six-figure salary at 48, by FRANK GIBSON. From 'screening calls' to fake adverts my self-esteem was crushed - then I found trick that got me 6 offers
Divorced, I shared custody of our four children – now aged 24, 23, 19 and 13 – as they grew up. Only the youngest now lives with me, on alternate weeks, but the 19-year-old is at university, where accommodation charges don’t come cheap. The first thing I came to understand was that, as in dating, the most popular profiles get all the matches. And even the senior job vacancies seem to function in the same way – as a frantic, ill-considered rush. Real jobs, working for good employers.
Source: Daily Mail January 22, 2026 19:02 UTC
