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Recently the organization I work for has been bringing lots of people in for job interviews. I see them sitting in their suits waiting in the lobby and so many of them recently seem so old. I hear from HR that many of the applicants who have come in are 55-65 years old and have been out of work for a long time. Many just seem so old and I wonder if they will ever work again in a professional full time job.
The hiring managers have not been to encouraging for these long term unemployed older men, so far none of them are being hired. Instead we are hiring people in their prime years (their 30s). There seems to be a preference for applicants in their 30s. Young enough to be full of energy and drive, but mature enough to understand business and how to behave in the office.
When I look at these sad older men with their 20 year old suit coats sitting in the lobby waiting to be rejected, my mind goes back to the 1990s, when they were likely very marketable and on top of their game. Did they ever realize it would come to this 20 years later?
Well to be fair at least they are getting interviews. When I used to attend campus job fairs sometimes I'd notice students that weren't from that campus. Then I noticed some employers asking for majors that the campus doesn't have. Instead of jobs it was internships and instead of internships the next year it was volunteers. I saw two people one year that had to be in their 70's that were looking for work. In all honesty I don't think job fairs are good for both sides because it cheapens the process.
I am 39 years old, at the end of my core years in the world of employment. Thanks for asking though!
Ugh. Well, all you can do is hold onto that job now that you have it, because soon you'll be the one in your twenty year overcoat, sadly sitting in the waiting room, with nobody having any intention of hiring you.
Is it always raining outside when these men are waiting to be rejected? And do they have a wrinkled newspaper tucked under their arm and are they carrying a black briefcase? Do they smell of liver?
Totally agreed older workers who are down on their luck can also depress everyone else. The situation is depressing.
The twenty year old coats aren't doing them any favors.
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