by dankeelan | May 28, 2024 | Age, Jobs
Since she got laid off from her job in December, Donna Kopman, 57, has sent out over 300 job applications. From Sunday through Tuesday, the Lake Oswego, Oregon, resident spends eight hours a day at her computer applying for jobs. The rest of the week, she focuses on...
by dankeelan | Jan 30, 2024 | Age, Featured
More senior workers are staying in the workforce than ever before, and that may be a “win-win” for employers and workers alike, writes my colleague Alexa Mikhail for Fortune’s February and March 2024 print issue. Around one-fifth of Americans...
by dankeelan | Jan 23, 2024 | Age, Featured, Health, Safety
Same-level falls in the workplace are set to rise amid rapid growth in the numbers of older female employees in the workforce, suggests Australian research published online first in the journal Occupational & Environmental Medicine....
by dankeelan | Jan 9, 2024 | Age, Featured, Jobs
Trends often are based on large samples which makes results difficult to apply to a single individual. However, trends do point to opportunities. Let’s start with some encouraging facts. Check the following as true or false. More From Los Angeles Daily...
by dankeelan | Dec 5, 2023 | Age, Featured, Gig Workers, Retirement
Millions of boomers retired during the pandemic, but some didn’t entirely leave the workforce — they just joined the gig economy. As many as seven million gig workers are missing from official government employment figures, according to...
by dankeelan | Oct 17, 2023 | Age, Featured, Retirement
Retirement-age Americans are learning to live with less and work longer due to record debt. In a conversation thread around retirement plans on Reddit, users were quick to share their ongoing financial struggles, particularly connected to retirement. Some have...
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