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I'm not sure why the Bangor Daily News (Maine) is using this particular individual as an example of someone that's been struggling to find a job, and is now losing his unemployment benefits.
He's 72 years old. I think that's a big reason why he's applied for 130 jobs and only got one callback. I know there's many healthy 70 year olds that can do a variety of jobs, but by that age discrimination is a given. He also doesn't seem to need a job for financial reasons, only because he gets bored not working.
I hope not to be working by the time I turn 60 years old. It can happen, but I don't want to be 70 years old and then having to work because I need to for rent, food, bills.
Jack Schraeter has applied for roughly 130 jobs in the last nine months. He once ran a foreign recruitment program for a large health care organization, but COVID-19 pandemic travel restrictions led to his position getting eliminated last fall.
Despite his efforts, Schraeter, 72, of Yarmouth, has only gotten one interview this year. Now he is one of the roughly 21,500 Mainers losing federal unemployment benefits this week with pandemic-related unemployment programs expiring. Another 5,400 people receiving state benefits will no longer get a $300 weekly federal supplement.
I'm loosing mine as well, but my old job is firing back up, in a limited capacity, with a long term goal of being back to a pre-covid state by mid 2022. In the meantime I've got some new software and procedures to learn, and some key people need to be hired to replace a few that moved on during the lockdown.
The title for the article is rather disingenuous, don’t you think?
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Mainers aged 65 and older are also overrepresented among those receiving unemployment insurance, according to state data, accounting for about 12 percent of those receiving benefits in July despite being only 9 percent of the workforce in 2020.
There is a reason why we have Social Security.
I am above retirement age. These days, I work less than full time for a variety of reasons starting with it has allowed me the flexibility to go to all my blasted doctor appointments. Most people my age do not work at all, it’s just too taxing at some point. Most employers know while older employees generally are more intrinsically motivated to work, physically most simply can’t be reliable. This by the way includes me, which is why I need a flexible schedule. Clearly, I have no issue with older people working but to use someone above retirement age as an example of jobs not being available is ludicrous. People my age should not have an expectation that we will get jobs when competing against younger candidates, even when we are more qualified.
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I'm not sure why the Bangor Daily News (Maine) is using this particular individual as an example of someone that's been struggling to find a job, and is now losing his unemployment benefits.
He's 72 years old. I think that's a big reason why he's applied for 130 jobs and only got one callback. I know there's many healthy 70 year olds that can do a variety of jobs, but by that age discrimination is a given. He also doesn't seem to need a job for financial reasons, only because he gets bored not working.
I hope not to be working by the time I turn 60 years old. It can happen, but I don't want to be 70 years old and then having to work because I need to for rent, food, bills.
Many people must work past so-called retirement age to make ends meet. SS does not go very far. My 86 yo mother in law works a 9-5 job on her feet 5 days a week. She could probably make it as she has a pension to supplement SS, but she wants to work. When you get past 60 or so age is relative. Where I live older people will get some jobs because we are a high growth area. Anyone with a pulse can get a fast food job, for example.
I'm not sure why the Bangor Daily News (Maine) is using this particular individual as an example of someone that's been struggling to find a job, and is now losing his unemployment benefits.
He's 72 years old. I think that's a big reason why he's applied for 130 jobs and only got one callback. I know there's many healthy 70 year olds that can do a variety of jobs, but by that age discrimination is a given. He also doesn't seem to need a job for financial reasons, only because he gets bored not working.
I hope not to be working by the time I turn 60 years old. It can happen, but I don't want to be 70 years old and then having to work because I need to for rent, food, bills.
Well he's an old goat but willing and able to work. So employers can't complain they can't find anyone
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