Tag: older workers
When older workers change occupations, many of them move into a lower-status version of the work they’ve done for years, according to a new study by University of Michigan researchers who tracked the workers’ movements among some 200 different occupations. Aging computer scientists were likely to become programmers or computer support staff. And veteran hig…
Finding a new job in one’s 50s is not that easy to pull off, and it’s risky if the new employer doesn’t work out. But there’s a silver lining for people who can make the change to a job they feel is better: they work longer than those who don’t make a move. A new…
