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In reply to the discussion: Inside IBMs Purge of Thousands of Workers Who Have One Thing in Common [View all]getagrip_already
(14,741 posts)I have two friends in their late 60's that got rehired at major companies recently. They had accepted early retirement a while ago but needed the money. They were hired at more or less the going wage for the jobs they took (over 6 figures).
As baby boomers retire, the workforce will shrink. They will need the older workers.
The problem with older workers, especially those that have been idle for a few years, is their skill set has become unmarketable. Nobody cares if you program for windows 7. Nobody cares if your last cisco cert expired 5 years ago.
You need a skill set that employers want today. That applies if you are 45 or 65.
There are lots of jobs out there, but you have to get in the door, and with more and more recruiters screening applications its becoming harder and harder to get a shot at a job.
In the worst cases, jobs are marketed to facebook users with a specific profile, which often includes age. It's not technically illegal since they aren't restricting the job or interviews to a specific age range, just the advertising for that job.
It's the new awful.