That is part of the problem, Emily. Job searches at his level are somewhat "hidden," and he actually does not have the time he needs to do it in a good way. Now he has access to those kinds of recruiters, without having to pay for it. Since I am not privy to how these things work in the world of business, I guess this is the way people do it. In 2001, he stuck his resume out on Monster and had 2 interviews, and 2 offers. It was a very hard choice for him to make. The other company was quite a different culture, which in the end, would have been better, but probably would not have afforded the opportunities in terms of money and travel, which in turn, afforded us opportunity.
I am fine with change, but I don't want to jeopordize anything. We really can afford for him to take a cut in pay to get what he wants, and work a couple of more years. I know, developmentally, this is a normal stage in older adult growth. That is not the part that bothers me, it's the getting the job, even though the recruiters have already told him it's a very hot job market here. On the other hand, DH also has lots of "trade" skills, and could easily work at doing some of that, if he needed to, while job searching. Most of our friends cannot believe he has done almost all of our remodeling work himself. He has even thought of opening a handyman business, but that would be more for retirement than now. He's also thought of doing mobile bike repair... until I teased him about going to some woman's home and being told "I need you to lube my chain..."