笔者有位朋友是位年届不惑的工程师,因企业不景气而下岗了。他上有父母,下有子女,所以必须另谋职业。他曾偿试过参加人才市场或投寄求职信应聘,可是每次都因年纪偏大而遭遇拒绝。他不得不去摆摊擦鞋,以此来养家糊口,专业知识被白白地荒废了。目前,随着国有企业改革的深入,中年下岗人员越来越多,其中就包括了一些有知识、有文化、有经验、有能力的技术人才,象我的朋友那种年 I have a friend who is a year-old engineer, due to business downturn and laid off. He has parents and children under him, so he has to find another career. He has tried to join the talent market or post cover letters candidates, but each time due to age and rejected. He had to shoe-shine stalls in order to feed their families, professional knowledge was completely abandoned. At present, with the deepening of the reform of state-owned enterprises, more and more middle-aged laid-off workers have been recruited, including some knowledgeable, literate, experienced and capable technical personnel, like the year my friend