Postponing Retirement and Looking for Work

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the number of Americans 55 and older who are currently working has increased by nearly 1.5 million in the last two years to more than 26 million in March 2009. Because of the recession, more and more older workers are continuing to work and postponing retirement.
Many others want to find work but haven’t been able to do so. In that same period, the number of older workers (55 and up) who want a job but can’t find employment has more than doubled to 1.8 million.
Many companies, forced to make cutbacks of their own, …read more