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Older workers keeping young adults out of jobs
Reuters ^
| 4/7/10
| Lucia Mutikani
Posted on 04/07/2010 10:18:45 AM PDT by Kartographer
Young adults in the United States are being squeezed out of the labor force as older workers either delay retirement or seek jobs to rebuild nest eggs destroyed by the recession, a study showed on Wednesday.
The size of the labor force fell 6.3 percent for young workers, but increased 8.5 percent for workers 55 years and older between December 2007 and January 2010, according to the study by the Washington-based Economic Policy Institute (EPI).
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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Government
KEYWORDS: babyboom; babyboomers; boomers; boomerskids; discrimination; generationx; generationy; genx; geny; its4dachilrun; neednotapply; obamanomics
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To: Morgana
I could write a long book on the execuses I have heard from young employees for the reasons they can’t get to work on time!!!!
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04/08/2010 5:39:34 AM PDT
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maeng
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To: IDontLikeToPayTaxes
No, I'm thinking of Xers (my generation) and Generation.com, which is what I call "the Millennials". Just because people are in their 30s and 40s doesn't mean they're hireable, and a lot of folks my age (45) and younger are worthless.
Scouts Out! Cavalry Ho!
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04/08/2010 6:57:14 AM PDT
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wku man
(Who says conservatives don't rock? Go to www.myspace.com/rockfromtheright)
To: IDontLikeToPayTaxes
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04/08/2010 8:04:08 AM PDT
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Hoffer Rand
(There ARE two Americas: "God's children" and the tax payers)
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