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A Life Line for Older Workers
Three 60-Something Former Silicon Valley Executives Find Opportunity in Job-Search Challenges
By Mike Cassidy
Mercury News Columnist
Published in the San Jose Mercury News, April 30, 2010
Jeff Winters isn't one to moan and whine about life's unfairness.
He's one tough guy, who'll drop and give you 80 push-ups if you don't believe him. He's a Vietnam vet who survived four decades in Silicon Valley's brutal semiconductor industry and beat prostate cancer.
So in 2006 when he found himself over 60 and out of a job, it was no time to curl up in a ball.
Old Dogs Not Only Learn but Teach New Tricks
By Tom Abate
Published in the San Francisco Chronicle, April 25, 2010
About 18 months ago, three Silicon Valley professionals in their 60s wound up in same support group for unemployed professionals. Noticing that many other group members were also 45 or older, Jeff Winters, David Goldstein and Cher Forman decided to create an online community geared toward older workers hoping to reinvent themselves.
Together they created OurExperienceCounts.com, a social network with a small user base that has been quietly testing and improving the site's offerings.
"We decided to develop a web resource to provide educational and emotional support for older workers," Winters said.
