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Employers should not hire older workers!

March 2, 2010 40 Comments

Heresy you say? As the publisher of the career site for the older workforce how can I make such a statement? Promoting the idea that “the older workforce is the most underutilized talent pool in the nation” does not correlate with this statement. Have I gone bonkers in this advanced age? Perhaps, but it is true. Let me continue this distorted thought process. Employers should not hire younger or new grad workers.  Ok, now that we’ve eliminated nearly two thirds…
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Hats off to Age-Friendly Employers

June 18, 2009 9 Comments

Today I’m issuing a confession and congratulations all in a single post.  We work hard here at Workforce50.com and progress is painfully slow sometimes.  But we’re committed to being an honest, high-quality web site with a mission and purpose of serving the over fifty community with employment information and resources.  My confession as the Editor of this web site is that I’m sooooo frustrated by the complaints that we receive about the low number of job postings on the web…
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Part time, temporary jobs – U.S. Census

February 13, 2009 2 Comments

We have had a number of questions from our readers about temporary jobs with the U.S. Census Bureau.  The information you need is all on the government web site at http://2010.census.gov/2010censusjobs/index.php From the information provided, the hiring for these positions will be done between February and May 2009.  So, if you are interested in working in your own community on the U.S. Census, act soon.  

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