There is no getting a job in your 50s after being out of work for more than a year...
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That is ABSOLUTELY INCORRECT! I lived it! I have a great job. Just got it in December. I am 57 yrs old.
I sure thought that was the case...got laid off from my contract job at IBM in September, 2010, was jobless for two years; my family moved from Colorado to Alabama, and I am now happily toiling for a hospital software company...the money isn't great but I am really grateful to be working. Don't give up hope, freepers!
Without specialized skills in real demand, yes, you are right. But the American people keep voting, as they did in SC, for more immigrant labor to depress their own wages. They are truly stuck on stupid and so shall remain.
Depends on your specific skills. I went back to school at age 50, earned a 2-year technical degree at age 52, and have worked as much as I wanted since. I have standing offers to come to work from two companies when, and if, my health improves enough. I will be 68 in two months.
Maybe not easily and maybe not as much money, but not impossible either. I was home ~10 years raising our sons before going back. I re-trained and switched into teaching. I had a job 5 days after my last final, at the age of 54. The money isn't great and I miss my old paycheck, but it's honest employment and I appreciate having the opportunity to guide young people. My husband is re-grouping at age 58 after being 'retired' from his job a few years too soon. He secured a part-time role in teaching and is working on expanding it or combining it with some contract work in his old field.
It's stressful and not where one hopes to be financially at this point in life, but we're still alive and nobody is shooting at us. My grandparents lived through worse, having survived Nazi occupation and Russian domination, losing everything except their lives. They never lost their honor, and their example helps keep me grounded.