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- Some job hunters say search can be challenging for over-50 crowd
- Search for new Sudbury Senior Center director begins
- Search for MoDOT director narrowed to about 10
| Some job hunters say search can be challenging for over-50 crowd Posted: 22 Sep 2010 05:48 PM PDT Click here for a free download of the latest Adobe Flash Player.
khou.com Posted on September 22, 2010 at 7:41 PM HOUSTON -- Millions of Americans who remain out of work say finding a job can be quite challenging, and some people over the age of 50 say it is even harder on them. "I haven't received any offers for interviews and I've been doing this almost two years since I was laid off from my last job," Eddie Rabb said. Rabb said he goes to a Workforce Solutions office every day, getting online, looking for jobs and sending out his resume. But at the age of 59, Rabb says, it seems things are stacked against him. "I'm seeing more and more younger people get the chance to do a job. I've seen myself passed over," he said. According to the U.S. Labor Department, of the 14.9 million Americans unemployed, more than 2.2 million are 55 or older. The unemployment rate for that group is now 7.3 percent, which is a record and double what it was at the beginning of the recession. "There are people coming out of college who are willing to work for less than what I'm used to getting paid," says Jack Coachman, who has been jobless for three years. He's 52 and used to work in banking. He said he's trying to stay positive, hoping there's still room for maturity and experience in the current job market. Share this article:This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service — if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read our FAQ page at fivefilters.org/content-only/faq.php |
| Search for new Sudbury Senior Center director begins Posted: 23 Sep 2010 09:55 AM PDT The search is on to replace Kris Kiesel, the Sudbury Senior Center director, who retired Sept. 10. The process will be done internally, without the use of a search consultant. "We have the expertise here to do that," said Maryanne Bilodeau, the assistant town manager/Human Resource director. "I'm not big on outsourcing if we have the expertise to do it inside," she said. From the advertised position for a senior center director, Bilodeau has received about a dozen resumes. Bilodeau hopes to begin interviewing in October to have a new director in place in December. A committee of members, yet to be determined, will conduct the interviews In the interim, Debra Galloway, serving as the interim director since Sept. 13, handles the same tasks. They include planning future activities, while overseeing the current ones, meeting with the board and others including the commissioner for Persons with Disabilities, while still doing her other job as information specialist at the senior center. In that part-time position, which she has held for five years, Galloway works one-on-one with seniors and families to help them with questions or issues they need to discuss. "The town manager put the plan in place for me to serve as interim director and I was happy to do it," said Galloway. "I want the senior center to function well. I've been working as the information specialist at the senior center, so I know the staff. Everyone knows what they are doing. We have a good group." This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service — if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read our FAQ page at fivefilters.org/content-only/faq.php |
| Search for MoDOT director narrowed to about 10 Posted: 22 Sep 2010 11:22 PM PDT The search for Missouri's next transportation director has been narrowed to about 10 people. Transportation Commission Chairman Rudy Farber says commissioners will be meeting privately Tuesday to discuss how to proceed with the selection process. Commissioners started out with about 75 names after Director Pete Rahn resigned in April to take a job with a Kansas City engineering firm. Farber says he hopes to have a new director for the Department of Transportation in place by December, but that target date is flexible.  This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service — if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read our FAQ page at fivefilters.org/content-only/faq.php |
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