I had a meeting with the folks at my county, the caseworker greeted me with a big smile and asked "How's it going", I looked at him and said, well I'm here, how do you think it's going? One of the most interesting things he told me is that they are having a huge problem with businesses not wanting to hire older applicants because they fear they will leave as soon as something better comes along. So I asked where someone would quit to go to when there isn't anything out there?
I'm 57. Age is definitely a factor in having a hard time finding a job.
Actually I'm temporarily laid off from a job I can go back to but its pretty much only part time now, I used to make a decent living on it.
I wasn't eligible for state UC when I got laid off in October because I had too much earnings in 1 quarter that wasn't balanced out by the other 3. I was put on the fed extension from an old claim but now that's gone as well as my savings from being under employed for so long.
I got into a training program to drive trucks and I'm using credit cards to pay for gas to get there. A relative moved in with me and gives me a little money each week but I'm in a tough spot. Bills aren't getting paid, I'm almost out of heating oil.
I have never in my life been in this situation. I never needed to ask for help, I was the one that helped others.
For some reason I decided to write an email to Sen Toomey to let him know not every unemployed person is lazy as many conservatives imply. I knew it would be useless but I figured it can't hurt either.
I used Toomey's website to send it but when I hit "submit" it came back "invalid subject". I guess if its not a topic Toomey agrees with it just gets rejected.