I am new to this group and wanted to ask a question:
During COVID a number of us were laid-off and just a few were called back. I was in the field of Social Work and was there ( in this particular job) 18 years.
Soon after my mother got sick and I moved to PA to care for her. She's since died.
At that time I was 63 and took some temp jobs to make ends meet. No one seemed to want to hire me long term. I had a professional re do my resume and spent hours applying for basically any full time job. Nothing.
I am now 65 and work part-time in retail, which I enjoy but myself and 2 older workers just got our hours cut.
When I asked my supervisor about this all he said was " I have to take care of my full time people first ".
My questions are: does anyone think this is an "age " thing? And would I be able to file for Unemployment?
( I did call HR about this and they said "we'll look into it ").
That was a month ago.
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Anonymous
Try applying at CHE Behavioral Health Services https://www.cheservices.com/. They are fully remote and value experience. They hired me when I was 60 and I worked there for 18 months. I don't know if they're hiring in PA, but it's worth a shot. They seem not to care about chronological age, only about experience and competency. Good luck!
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Ok
Thanks for the information.
Ayian
Explore unemployment for your reduction in work. In my state, that is a viable avenue, but I'm unfamiliar with yours. You may consider looking for temp agencies in the social work field, which will be more willing to hire you out than companies looking for a direct hire. This can help circumvent any bias you're coming up against when applying for positions and can lead to a temp-to-hire conversion. I realize that agencies doing social work placements are a little further and far between, but they are out there. I hope you find one or more solutions.