Yniguez said older workers face some of the biggest challenges. Age discrimination is rampant. Nearly all have bachelor's or graduate degrees. The average stay is 16 weeks. However, many alumni keep in touch by providing job leads and referring prospective members to the group.
People are here because they want to be.
On any business day, the Sacramento office is abuzz with men and women in business dress pounding on computers, practicing interviews, searching job binders and swapping job leads. The emotional support is another plus, said Kirchhoff, who lost her job as a biotech quality assurance supervisor a year ago after her employer closed the company's Woodland office. It kind of landed in my lap. SPN helped her design a resume and job-hunting strategy to get a job this month as a sales representative for a veterinary pharmaceutical company. So they understand the challenges of being unemployed.