Are the middle aged discriminated against in the job market?
Christian
2012/09/14 22:57:29
Older workers too young for retirement but struggling for months if not years to
find jobs have policy experts concerned as the recession drags on and
long-term unemployment continues to rise. Experts say that age
discrimination is severely compounding the jobs crisis for older
workers, although the phenomenon is difficult to quantify or to prove,
and remains under-examined by the government. This time, it is not just
making it more likely that these workers will be laid off. It is also
making it much harder for them to gain new positions.
find jobs have policy experts concerned as the recession drags on and
long-term unemployment continues to rise. Experts say that age
discrimination is severely compounding the jobs crisis for older
workers, although the phenomenon is difficult to quantify or to prove,
and remains under-examined by the government. This time, it is not just
making it more likely that these workers will be laid off. It is also
making it much harder for them to gain new positions.
40 years in my industry and you learn a little bit about it. When you have someone half your age looking at you to hire, all they see is a competitor NOT a team mate.
My gain is their loss!
http://blackout.gmu.edu/event...
Then again in 1977
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
At that time I said NOT ME!!
So I looked around and found a place to build from scratch.
It is a 35 year endeavor but that's ok. My very first power on the farm was an old fashioned wind mill. There is nearly constant wind here which made wind a natural source of energy.
I became aware of self reliance when I picked up a copy of Mother Earth News one day and read it cover to cover. Looking back it seems such a short time ago. But I also got interested in geodesic domes and sustainable societies at the same time. Strange how our lives suddenly are changed in course.
Much Regard, J.A.G.