September 20, 2010 01:30 PM
Wandering in the Desert of 50-and-over Unemployed
It isn't a question of skill. It isn't a question of whether older employees can handle a rapid pace in their workday, or whether they can make snap judgements. They were doing the job and doing it well before they were laid off because of the recession, and there's no reason to expect them to do otherwise if they're rehired.
Except they wander the halls of those unemployed and over age 50. In the hiring world, the older applicants are generally filed in the 'undesirable' folder in the drawer of last resort.
