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AirTalk

Put me in, job coach: advice for older workers looking for employment

By AirTalk Staff
Published Jan 9, 2018
American Airlines longest serving flight attendant, Bette Nash (L), 81 years old, greets passengers disembarking from her daily return flight to Boston at Ronald Reagan Washington Airport in Arlington, Virginia on December 19, 2017. American Airlines Flight 2160 from Boston has just arrived in Washington, D.C., and Bette Nash, 81, helps the passengers disembark. After six decades crossing the skies as a flight attendant, Nash still has impeccable style, incredible energy and a constant smile. In the United States, pilots must retired at 65 but there is no such restriction on commercial flight attendants, of which Bette Nash is probably the world's most senior. / AFP PHOTO / Eric BARADAT (Photo credit should read ERIC BARADAT/AFP/Getty Images)
American Airlines longest serving flight attendant, Bette Nash (L), 81 years old, greets passengers disembarking from her daily return flight to Boston at Ronald Reagan Washington Airport in Arlington, Virginia on December 19, 2017.
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Put me in, job coach: advice for older workers looking for employment

December job numbers were released last week and the number of jobs added continued the trend of growth seen throughout 2017.

When we discuss employment numbers on AirTalk, we often get calls from older listeners who have been laid off and have difficulty finding work; listeners who don’t see employment number gains translating into their realities.

So we’ve brought on a career coach to discuss the specific barriers that face worker over the age of fifty, and what they can do to regain employment.

If you’re an older worker struggling to find work, call us with your questions. And if you were successful in re-entering the workforce, what did it take?

Call us at 866-893-5722.

Guest:

Marty Nemko, producer and host of “Work with Marty Nemko” on KALW, 91.7 FM, a public radio station in San Francisco; his upcoming book is “Careers for Dummies”