Employers contact jobless couple

Liz and Ross Grant

Things are looking up for Tauranga residents Liz and Ross Grant since their year-long plight to find a job was reported in the Bay of Plenty Times last week.

Mrs Grant, 60, has since had two companies contact her to arrange interviews and Mr Grant, 62, had one promising conversation with a man looking to set up a business in Tauranga who asked for his CV.

The two had been living off savings and looking for jobs for a year.

Between them, they had applied for about 150 jobs.

Mr and Mrs Grant feared their ages could be the main reason they were being overlooked and said prospective employers lost interest when they found out how old they were.

Mrs Grant said they had been inundated with emails and she was surprised by the number of people who said they were in a similar situation.

A local employment service has also helped modify their CVs so they are more attractive to employers.

"A couple of things have come of it," she said.