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  The universal cry out there among those who lost their way of making a living is: They can't find new jobs. Not in their field, not even with stretches into other lines of work.  Too often, I've observed in my intuitive coaching and tarot readings is this: Who they were in how they earned a good living is no longer marketable. Those out of luck range from the former academic to the policy analyst to the wildly creative writer. That person or persona isn't what employers and clients are willing to pay money to hire. At least in a growing number of fields. This isn't new with AI, cost-efficiency and aging.  Way back in more abundant times - we're in an economy of scarcity - those purged in a Big Oil merger 1) Spent years searching for new jobs and 2) Often lost them soon after. It had never occurred to them to tone down or ditch entirely their elite intellectual way of presenting themselves. That was even though they went out there in a labor market as the conquered...

The nation turns against AI. Its rapid expansion is in play . At least for the near future. AI leaders have to set lobbyists on all the issues associated with AI. Meanwhile, the market for IPOs no longer looks so lucrative. Here's the carnage at the Dow.  51,648.82 3.20% −1,707.30 today Nov 5, 2:28 PM EST •  Disclaimer  

  No surprise. Dow Jones Industrial Average INDEXDJX: .DJI 52,101.42 2.35% −1,254.70 today Nov 5, 11:46 AM EST •  Disclaimer

  Dow Jones Industrial Average INDEXDJX: .DJI 53,288.37 2.90% +1,501.65 today Nov 4, 12:46 PM EST •

  We Boomers can feel okay again. That ranges from our politics (progressives back at Senate and House) to our nest eggs. About the latter: Market Summary  >  E-mini Dow Jones Industrial Average Index Futures 52,723.00 USD 1.60% +828.00 today Nov 4, 6:43 AM  53,026.91

This former product manager in his 50s had been unemployed long enough to be open to the usual recommendations for a reset. You know, find a way to fill the period-without-work gap, be specific about accomplishments (those owned/team) and quantify them, become adept with advanced AI tools and roll with wage deflation. But they balked when I also suggested leaving out of the search process the MBA from an Ivy.  Of course, I could understand their inability to absorb the shock that a once-prized degree could  currently be a liability. In the mid 1970s I had taken college algebra to take calculus in order to apply for the MBA. That was worth it. Even being admitted into the program and taking a few courses did its magic. I made the transition from non-profit to the private sector.  The collapse in applicants for the MBA tells the new story: Dartmouth, down 31% MIT, down 25% Duke, down 23% UCLA, down 21% With some exceptions, most MBAs are too general to be marketable, at l...