ShareThisRoughly 2.1 million Americans age 55 and older are unemployed. The average duration of unemployment for job seekers age 55 and older is about 35.6 weeks, substantially above the 28.3 weeks for the unemployed under age 55. Studies show it is more difficult for older job seekers to enter or re-enter the workforce.
With this in mind, the Eldercare Locator (www.eldercare.gov) and Senior Service America Inc. (www.seniorserviceamerica.org) have developed a brochure geared toward the older worker who has not searched for a job in years.
"Employment Options: Tips for Older Job Seekers" offers advice on various stages of the job seeking process, including:
-- How skills and experiences can be applied to a particular job.
-- How to identify job leads when many positions are not advertised.
-- Resume and interview tips.
-- How to find and take advantage of community and online resources.
The Eldercare Locator is a free national service of the U.S. Administration on Aging and is administered by the National Association of Area Agencies on Aging. Contact the Eldercare Locator at 800-677-1116 or www.eldercare.gov.
"As daunting as the job-search process seems, many people over the age of 55 have something younger workers do not have: experience," said Sandy Markwood, CEO of the National Association of Area Agencies on Aging.
(E-mail San Francisco Chronicle reporter Tom Abate at tabate(at)sfchronicle.com. For more stories, visit scrippsnews.com)
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