60 Minutes offered a sobering look at the growing ranks of midlife unemployed workers cast out of high-paying professional occupations in Silicon Valley. The story underscores the desperate straights many find themselves in as their 99 weeks of unemployment benefits run out and competition for jobs remains extraordinary. Joblessness at age 50 or 60 carries [...] [...more]
Six of the top 30 fastest-growing job categories through 2018 will be in the health care industry, according to a federal government forecast. The fast-growth jobs include nurses, home health aids and medical assistants, according to the U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics. Teaching jobs at the elementary school and post-secondary level also [...] [...more]
The new RR Guide on 50+ jobs points the way toward industries where prospects are brightest for 50+ workers. The good news: older workers are highly valued in some industries. The bad news: unemployment tends to last longer than it does for other age groups, and age discrimination is a fact of life [...more]
The Metlife Mature Marketing Institute just published “Buddy, Can You Spare a Job,” a new report on the challenges aging baby boomers face in the employment market. It’s an in-depth examination of boomers’ motivations to work longer and the workplace obstacles to employment. Most important, the report is packed with excellent advice for people trying [...] [...more]
People who retire from full-time work into temporary or part-time jobs experience fewer incidences of disease and function better day-to-day than people who stop working altogether, according to a new study. The most dramatic benefits were experienced by people who “bridged” into part-time roles related to their previous career work. Via Science Daily. [...more]
