Yesterday, we interviewed Phyllis Snyder, vice president of CAEL (The Council for Adult & Experiential Learning) at her office in Philadelphia.
In 2009, CAEL began working cooperatively with Atlantic Philanthropies and the Council on Competitiveness on The Aging Worker Initiative: Strategies for Regional Talent Development. The initiative, currently operating in 10 sites, trains workers who are 55-plus for jobs in high-growth, high demand industries and is funded by both the Department of Labor and Atlantic Philanthropies.
We will add Phyllis’s video to the Expert section of our site soon. In the meantime, she sent us a chart summarizing the initiative’s progress to date. She recommended that unemployed workers who are 55-plus and who live near one of the initiative’s sites should contact CAEL to enroll, get assistance and to demonstrate the continued need for the initiative.
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The job market has gotten worse in the last 24 months for the middle aged worker . Many of us are alittle to young to retire, or need to work. We can't live without money coming in anymore than any other age group can. What are we to do if they do not pass the 14 weeks of 99 extension. The bill that passed the extension for one year in late 2010 only covered people with more recent problems in the depression. I do not call it a recession when the levels are where they were in the great depression. This bill for 14 weeks to 99er's needs DESPARATELY to be passed if only for the middle aged who are being disciminated against so badly. If we are going to have laws on the books that fight discrimination, WE NEED TO MAKE THEM WORK. THEY DON:T