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Getting Back to Work at 50+ – Deborah’s Story

Posted on 02/27/2013 by | Volunteering | Comments

WorkDeborah Salim, 62, had been living a quiet life in her mother’s home town of Conway, S.C., happy with her 15-year job in the record keeping office of the local community college and with the fact that four of her five children and their children were close by. Then came 2009, and for Deborah, like so many other 50-plus, the bottom dropped out of her world. She received a week’s notice from the college that budget cuts had eliminated her position. …

Steady Jobs Growth Eludes Older Workers

Posted on 02/1/2013 by | Money and Work | Comments

Bulletin Today | WorkOlder job seekers may feel like they’re scaling Mount Everest in pursuit of work. Employers added 157,000 jobs to their payrolls in January but the unemployment rate for older workers climbed just one-tenth of 1 percent to 6 percent, the government reported Friday. For men 55 and older, the jobless rate remained at 6.2 percent for the second straight month. But to illustrate the challenges they face in landing a job, consider their unemployment rate one year ago — it was …

This Man Would Be Thankful to Find a Job

Posted on 09/14/2012 by | AARP Blog Author | Comments

Work“I’d do anything to get a job” – or “I’d give anything to land a job.” Millions of people have said those words. Vincent Giordano has taken it a step further. I heard about Vincent and got his contact information via this ABC News story by reporter Alan Farnheim. This summer, the unemployed law firm office support assistant – with expertise running large, complex duplicating machines like you’d see at some copy shops – decided he needed to get noticed. Vincent went to …

The Takeaway: Forced To Take Early Social Security

Posted on 06/11/2012 by | Brooklyn, NY | Comments

News RoundupsIn May, the Urban Institute reported that the number of eligible Americans taking early Social Security benefits had hit a 35-year low. But the recession and protracted high unemployment have left some older adults—such as 62-year-old Clare Keany—forced to take benefits earlier than planned.

The Takeaway: Number of Long-Term Unemployed Workers 55+ Rose Sharply Since 2007

Posted on 05/15/2012 by | Brooklyn, NY | Comments

News RoundupsA new Government Accountability Office report says 55 percent of jobless older adults—or 1.1 million Americans 55 and older—have been unemployed for more than six months, up from 23 percent just four years ago. The report was addressed to the Senate Special Committee on Aging, which begins a hearing on older adults and unemployment issues today. Led by Sen. Herb Kohl, the Committee will investigate age discrimination in the workforce and ways to boost older workers’ job prospects.

Unemployment Rises for Older Workers

Posted on 05/4/2012 by | Money and Work | Comments

Bulletin Today | WorkApril was another disappointing month for older workers: the unemployment rate for people 55-plus rose one-tenth of 1 percent to 6.3 percent, the government reported Friday. In fact, it was the third straight month that joblessness rose for older workers, from 5.9 percent in February and 6.2 percent in March. The situation for older men remained the same—the rate hovered at 6.3 percent in April, same as in March. But that was a big jump from 5.7 percent in February. …

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