💼 Should You Pay for Help With Your Job Search? (AARP Article)

[Winter2025VA]

FROM THE ARTICLE.

Which services can be worthwhile and what to watch out for.

By Matt Swenson, AARP. Published January 06, 2026.

In the fourth incarnation of his professional life, Louis Pinault of Cary, North Carolina, vowed he would land a job as a privacy analyst. Having achieved two security certifications since 2020, Pinault was qualified for the role, but he could tell that his dream would not come true at MetLife, where he worked in the information technology department for more than three years.

Pinault, 70, could have ridden his existing job into retirement, but he remained determined.“I can get pretty stubborn sometimes,” he says.

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