Tag: 99ers

For Older Workers, Losing Your Job Is Much More Dangerous

For Older Workers, Losing Your Job Is Much More Dangerous

WASHINGTON — Older workers are less likely to lose their jobs than younger workers, but once they do, they’re more than twice as likely to be out of work for 99 weeks or longer. Among jobless workers younger than 35, 8.1 percent had been out of work for 99 weeks. But 16.3 percent of jobless [...]

September 23, 2011 | 0 Comments More
A 99er Overcomes The Crushing Anxiety Of Long-Term Joblessness

A 99er Overcomes The Crushing Anxiety Of Long-Term Joblessness

After more than two years of unemployment, Francis Timothy Coleman of Bethlehem, Pa., landed a job as a forklift operator this summer. “We all know times are tough, but things are certainly getting a little better, and that’s what you work toward,” said Coleman, who goes by Tim. Times were toughest for Coleman, 42, when, as [...]

September 23, 2011 | 0 Comments More
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