Development of a research paper on older workers and long-term unemployment.
Older Workers, the Great Recession, and the Impact of Long-Term Unemployment
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Research Products by Research Area
Long-term Unemployment
New Start Career Network
From 2015 to 2022, the Heldrich Center’s New Start Career Network provided free assistance to over 6,000 long-term unemployed New Jersey job seekers over the age of 45. The privately funded service offered free access to digital job search tools, webinars, employer engagement, and virtual one-on-one and small group coaching through a network of 400 trained volunteers
New Jersey Career Network Job Seeker Community
From 2020 through 2023, the Heldrich Center partnered with the New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development and New Jersey Office of Innovation to host the New Jersey Career Network (NJCN) Job Seeker Community, which served to improve virtual career assistance services for job seekers in the state of New Jersey.
Long-term Unemployed Older Workers Persist in a Boom Economy
New brief discusses survey findings on long-term unemployed older workers as well as offers suggestions for the public workforce system.
Left Behind: The Long-term Unemployed Struggle in an Improving Economy
Explores the experiences of unemployed Americans, and especially the long-term unemployed. Examines the recession’s impact on the financial condition of unemployed Americans and how they’ve attempted to cope with their diminished income and savings. Presents data on the extent of support from employed and unemployed workers for governmental policies and programs to lower unemployment.
New Jersey Career Network Job Seeker Community: Final Brief
Research brief examines the New Jersey Career Network’s virtual job seeker community.
Bouncing Back Nine Lessons in Resilience and Reemployment
New brief offers advice for job seekers.
Helping Older, Long-term Unemployed Job Seekers A Report on the Heldrich Center’s New Start Career Network
New report examines design, implementation and results from a program that assisted older, unemployed New Jersey workers.
Strategies for Helping Long-term Unemployed Job Seekers Return to Work
Reviews a panel discussion from a national workforce development conference.
Long-Term Unemployed and Unemployment Insurance: Evidence from a Panel Study of Workers Who Lost a Job During the Great Recession
Presents the key findings from a panel study of the long-term unemployment workers who reported that they lost a job during the Great Recession.
Still Out of Work: Examining and Addressing Long-term Unemployment in New Jersey
Interactive data story exploring long-term unemployment in New Jersey.
Older Workers, the Great Recession, and the Impact of Long-Term Unemployment
Highlights research, studies, and surveys on unemployment.
Long-Term Unemployment: What’s the Problem? What’s the Solution?
Examines the issue of long-term unemployment.
Long-Term Unemployment: Conditions, Consequences, and Strategies
Examines the reasons and consequences of long-term unemployment.
No End in Sight: The Agony of Prolonged Unemployment
Documents workers’ continuing struggle to find jobs and the sacrifices they have endured in a punishing economy.