Angie Longacre became a content writer after she was laid off from her graphic designer job. Longacre was laid off four times over the following decade but found it easy to bounce back. But she said that she had been struggling to find a job since being laid off a year ago. AdvertisementThis as-told-to essay is based on a transcribed conversation with Angie Longacre, a freelancer in Pennsylvania, about her experience getting laid off at 54. While I was looking for another one, I saw an ad looking for writers for books on different topics for beginners.

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Persons: Angie Longacre, Longacre, —, I'd Organizations: Service, Business Locations: Pennsylvania