Is there a job counselor he can work with? My previous company got gobbled up by a conglomerate. That left about 100 of us out in the cold. Well almost..... some of my staff got rehired and others went to pursue other job opportunities. I moved to Hawaii (tougher than you think - <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/eek.gif" alt="" /> ) to be closer to my parents. Anyway, the company put us with job counselors who worked with us quite well. I hadn't done a resume in years and went to a few classes to learn how to interview. Play acted a bit.....it was fun. <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/eek.gif" alt="" /> Yea.... I was in classes with chemists, professors, programmers and a whole list of other people with degrees up the ying yang. We were all in the same boat. What that particular class did was encourage each other and we bonded a bit..... it was very helpful. We uncovered skills we had buried for years, blew the dust off and put them to use.

So I am saying that staying depressed will make him miss opportunities. Let him know that. Then maybe if you can find some opportunities for him, he can decide which ones he can try for. The choice is his. Don't be disappointment he doesn't choose what you want. Just present it and walk away. No pressure.

JMHO,
L.

I asked him about that - job counselor, and he said he didn't know of any. I've been trying to help him out by having my dad look over his resume. He's changed it once already. I wish there were something like that class where he is, but I don't think there is <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/frown.gif" alt="" />