Older Workers Struggle in Job Search

While many older workers may need—and want to have—jobs, their plans may not be realized. According to a sobering new study by Boston College’s Sloan Center on Aging & Work and the Heldrich Center, older job seekers often face daunting challenges in finding employment compared to younger workers. The “New Unemployables”: Older Job Seekers Struggle to Find Work During the Great Recession provides information about the experiences of older job seekers compared to the experiences of younger, or prime age job seekers. It also explores how the job search strategies and employment outcomes of older and younger job seekers differ, and the effect the recession has had on older job seekers’ financial and emotional well-being and outlook compared to younger job seekers.