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Find Yourself Complaining About Work?

Posted on 09/14/2011 by | AARP Blog Author | Comments

Money & Savings | WorkGuilty. And I do count my lucky stars that I’m gainfully employed. But some days – mornings, especially – are downright depressing. I know I shouldn’t complain. I’m not an oncologist. Not a hospice nurse. Not a social worker or a homicide detective or a teacher in a rough school. I don’t get minimum wage to be on my feet all day (or night) doing physically demanding work, or something I find mind-numbingly repetitive. I don’t juggle two part-time jobs with no …

NY Times Asks Experts Why Why Older Workers Are Struggling

Posted on 04/15/2009 by | General News | Comments

WorkThe New York Times blog, Room for Debate, has a great round-up of experts’ thoughts on why and how older workers are struggling to get jobs during the recession. It’s no big news that older adults have had difficulties (and have even been discriminated against) in the workforce way before the economy began to falter, but things are particularly hard now. Between the idea that bosses don’t want employees older and more experienced than them, to the fact that older …

Job Search Websites Cater to Older Workers

Posted on 02/9/2009 by | General News | Comments

WorkThis is great. The Columbus Dispatch has a feature that talks about the struggle older people have finding jobs during this recession, and offers a ton of sites that specifically cater to older folks trying to find work. RetiredBrains.com is one of them, which gives these tips: Register with temp companies. “They don’t care about age but are more interested in your skills and experience,” Koff says. Practice your interview. You might not have had a job interview in quite …