Managers need to realize that experience is actually worth a lot and having the right keywords on your resume is not worth as much as people think.

Ain't gonna happen in today's business environment. I've already been told by a former coworker turned recruiter that his firm shitcans any resume they receive from anybody over the age of 35. This week I had a recruiter contact me for a 1 year contract, no benefits, wanting 3 - 5 years experience, and they were willing to pay $50K - completely not giving a damn that a recent study of college graduates with NO experience and an IT degree are averaging salaries of $60K.

A good computer programmer can pickup a new language in a month by reading a book and experimenting.

I'm doing that now, and every recruiter I say that to reply that it's irrelevant because client companies want to see you having experience in specific languages at your past employers.