Overcoming Age Discrimination in the Hiring Process - Introvert Whisperer

Introvert Whisperer / Overcoming Age Discrimination in the Hiring Process - Introvert Whisperer Overcoming Age Discrimination in the Hiring Process The unemployment rate in the U.S. dropped to 3.9 percent in July 2018, according to the  Bureau of Labor Statistics  (BLS), a figure significantly lower than 10 years ago, when unemployment rates hovered somewhere between 9 and 10 percent. So, if you’re in the market for a new job, there hasn’t been a better time to find work. And if you’re an older workerâ€"defined as anyone 55 years older and upâ€"the  BLS  further reports that the unemployment rates have actually stayed fairly steady over the past two years, remaining around 3-3.5 percent. And as far as the rate of elderly workers in the workforce goes, this figure is actually continuing to rise. Elderly Workers Increasing In The U.S. In February 2017, the BLS published an  article  based on a March 2014 Current Population Survey that indicates that the age of the average worker has increased over the past couple of decades, with those 65 and older increasing 3.4 percent between 1990 and 2010. This is almost quadruple the increase for workers under the age of 65, which is only 0.9 percent.