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I can give you some tips:

• You do not have to put the year of your licensure or all your experience on a resume. It's o.k. to use the last 15-20 years only
• As one of the resume guys pointed out above, a chronological resume is not the only option.
• Applying to a bunch of places with no response is the norm in this economy.
• Your 10 months out of work is a big issue. You should be doing something (anything) to put in your cover letter. Are you freelancing/consulting? Working part time? Volunteering? The biggest thing employers are worried about is that you're not going to have energy because you're old, and having nothing to show for 10 months underlines that.
• I don't think formatting matters for resumes, unless you are pasting it into a text box and see characters/formatting drop (in which case, you should remove any non-text symbols).

I think the hardest thing for older job hunters is the hit their ego takes when they find out how much they're really worth in the job market, and how much they have to grovel to keep a job. It used to be that salary went up until retirement - now it's often a bell curve, with earnings decreasing after some magical point in the 40s.

Don't do the things that signal you're old. Don't have an "aol" (or even an ISP) email address. Make sure you have a cell phone on your resume - consider dropping your land line #. Make sure your LinkedIn page has recent recommendations, even if you have to get friends to do it. Be active in social media. Don't forget your Facebook basic profile is public - your profile and background pix shouldn't be your grandkids, or your garden. Google yourself and see what comes up.

Most of all, stop the self-talk about ageism. True or not, employers don't want to deal with some they perceive as potentially entitled and/or litigious. Do whatever you need to do to get over the self pity.

I have a child with a soy allergy. One of the hard truths we've learned over the years is that soy and corn are intermingled in distribution centers to the point that contamination is not only not preventable, it's likely.

Given the way our food system works, do you believe it's even feasible to have companies accurately label GMO products? What type of oversight will be available to ensure this doesn't just become lip service?

I have two questions:

• The literature has very little on whether plasma transfer has been effective in protecting patients, or whether surviving Ebola confers long-term immunity. What are your thoughts?

• How can communications about this epidemic be more effective in generating support? What we're seeing IMO in the U.S. is ~90% of people ignoring the situation (just another overblown "crisis"/African issue) and ~10% of people in a full-out panic. What message can be used to create urgency without panic, and which is the best organization to get that message out? (It seems like the WHO has been unsuccessful and the CDC is hesitant to step up since it's not a U.S. issue...)

So if you had property in California...when would you sell?

What's the timeline for the bottom falling out on this market because of water?

How do you respond to his response? Did it change your mind?

Would anything?