{"id":67159,"date":"2019-05-11T11:30:24","date_gmt":"2019-05-11T15:30:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/?p=67159"},"modified":"2019-05-11T12:39:27","modified_gmt":"2019-05-11T16:39:27","slug":"this-article-discusses-the-serious-amount-of-age-discrimination-going-on-out-there","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/2019\/05\/11\/this-article-discusses-the-serious-amount-of-age-discrimination-going-on-out-there\/","title":{"rendered":"This article discusses the serious amount of age discrimination going on out there!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/retraining-doesnt-help-older-workers-find-jobs-because-of-ageism-2019-5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>3 million older Americans can&#8217;t find high-paying jobs, and it has nothing to do with skills. Here&#8217;s the one barrier they face that no one&#8217;s addressing.<\/strong><\/a> &#8212; from businessinsider.com by Allana Akhtar<\/p>\n<p><em>Excerpts (emphasis below by DSC):<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The share of older workers in the US labor force is increasing rapidly, causing new discussions on how to train a 55-plus population for highly skilled jobs.<\/li>\n<li>Much of the jobs older workers take come from low-wage industries. One solution to get older workers high-paying jobs is to train them in skills these industries need.<\/li>\n<li>Still, activists say that without addressing ageism, older workers will not find high-paying work at the same rate younger workers do.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>In light of the aging workforce, experts say getting an education at age 22 will not last if Americans work into their 80s.\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Yet activists argue the biggest barrier to entry for older workers isn&#8217;t a lack of skills: ***it&#8217;s ageism.***\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\">An<\/span>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.propublica.org\/article\/older-workers-united-states-pushed-out-of-work-forced-retirement\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">investigation by ProPublica last year<\/a>\u00a0<span style=\"color: #800000;\">found more than half of US workers are pushed out of longtime jobs before they choose to retire.<\/span><\/strong> <span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Seniors who want to work yet cannot find the opportunity to do so are often broke: the share of US workers who have suffered financially damaging, employer driven job separation after 50 increased from 10% in 1998 to 30% as of 2016, ProPublica found.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">&#8220;Most older adults really have come to face that they are not going to make the same salaries,&#8221; Fisher said.<span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong> &#8220;People who lose their jobs in their 50s are really in big trouble. It is very hard to get another job.&#8221;<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>3 million older Americans can&#8217;t find high-paying jobs, and it has nothing to do with skills. 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