Age Discrimination Strategies Part II or IV

Age Discrimination Strategies â€" Part II or IV This is Part II in a four part series.   Read the original story here.   Our RIFd (reduction in force another way of saying laid off) friend shares three strategies he should have employed to be prepared for an age-discrimination-induced-termination. Strategies: (1) Financial discipline. I was preparing for retirement. But, I should have done better. Saved more. Hired a financial adviser; not some brokerage flunky. Been more focused on the what if. What if the bridge comes up short? That was a question I should have been asking all along. Hows your financial pyramid? Can it stand up to a tsunami of a premature job loss? (2) Diversified income stream Followed my own thinking, I should have created my own internet business. Hard to do, yes. Shoulda, coulda, woulda. They will kill you. I had ideas that I could have spun out. The internet is perfect for part time jobs. Instead of trying to convince younger people to do it, I should have done it myself. (3) Recognition and self-defense That Last Company was mucked up. (Maybe thats why they hired me.) Should have done something different. They were a rickety bridge. Maybe I should have kept looking for a better one. What are your strategies to combat age discrimination? Age Discrimination Strategies â€" Part II or IV This is Part II in a four part series.   Read the original story here.   Our RIFd (reduction in force another way of saying laid off) friend shares three strategies he should have employed to be prepared for an age-discrimination-induced-termination. Strategies: (1) Financial discipline. I was preparing for retirement. But, I should have done better. Saved more. Hired a financial adviser; not some brokerage flunky. Been more focused on the what if. What if the bridge comes up short? That was a question I should have been asking all along. Hows your financial pyramid? Can it stand up to a tsunami of a premature job loss? (2) Diversified income stream Followed my own thinking, I should have created my own internet business. Hard to do, yes. Shoulda, coulda, woulda. They will kill you. I had ideas that I could have spun out. The internet is perfect for part time jobs. Instead of trying to convince younger people to do it, I should have done it myself. (3) Recognition and self-defense That Last Company was mucked up. (Maybe thats why they hired me.) Should have done something different. They were a rickety bridge. Maybe I should have kept looking for a better one. What are your strategies to combat age discrimination? Age Discrimination Strategies â€" Part II or IV This is Part II in a four part series.   Read the original story here.   Our RIFd (reduction in force another way of saying laid off) friend shares three strategies he should have employed to be prepared for an age-discrimination-induced-termination. Strategies: (1) Financial discipline. I was preparing for retirement. But, I should have done better. Saved more. Hired a financial adviser; not some brokerage flunky. Been more focused on the what if. What if the bridge comes up short? That was a question I should have been asking all along. Hows your financial pyramid? Can it stand up to a tsunami of a premature job loss? (2) Diversified income stream Followed my own thinking, I should have created my own internet business. Hard to do, yes. Shoulda, coulda, woulda. They will kill you. I had ideas that I could have spun out. The internet is perfect for part time jobs. Instead of trying to convince younger people to do it, I should have done it myself. (3) Recognition and self-defense That Last Company was mucked up. (Maybe thats why they hired me.) Should have done something different. They were a rickety bridge. Maybe I should have kept looking for a better one. What are your strategies to combat age discrimination?