Orville Pierson, a former senior vice president at outplacement firm Lee Hecht Harrison and author of The Unwritten Rules of the Highly Effective Job Search, who is now an independent consultant, agrees with me that Signature does not appear to be a great deal.

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After my over-50 piece appeared online, I got a note from one of my most thoughtful, articulate sources, Orville Pierson, a senior vice president at outplacement firm Lee, Hecht Harrison and author of Highly Effective Networking: Meet the Right People and Get a Great Job.

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