Originally Posted by
rickair7777
That probably wasn't due to trying too hard.
Had a coworker who was tring to get out about a decade ago and couldn't get a nibble from online apps. He was older but not that old. I was too busy to really try at that point myself but I had a pretty good idea what guys like us needed to do, so after a few beers I told him: Do a training event (which meant switching domiciles for him), become a check airman if possible, lose weight, tune up the grooming, get some recent extra-curriculars on the resume, get a quality suit, and start going to job fairs.
I ran into him about a year ago, in UAL CA uniform, looking fit and well groomed.
This is solid advice from that's difficult to discuss. Even if you've only managed to come down from a XXL to a L, the lifestyle change from sedentary to active and healthy seems to come out in a positive demeanor which is really one of those unidentifiable traits that make people attractive to hire or just hang around with. No one wants to hire fat and angry at the world, fat and angry knows it, and it self perpetuates.