Evaluation of program that assists older, long-term unemployed workers.
Evaluation of The WorkPlace’s Platform to Employment
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Research Products by Research Area
Older Workers
Older Workers, the Great Recession, and the Impact of Long-Term Unemployment
Development of a research paper on older workers and long-term unemployment.
Work Trends Surveys on Retirement
Surveys on older Americans and retirement.
Research on Education and Training for Older Workers
Research on skills training and education for older workers.
Community Colleges and Older Workers: A Review of Current Practices with an In-depth Focus on Dislocated Workers and Students with Disabilities
Research on practices for serving older workers, including those with disabilities, at community colleges.
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.
Older Workers, Rising Skill Requirements, and the Need for a Re-envisioning of the Public Workforce System
Research on challenges faced by older workers in accessing public workforce services.
Research on Implications of Displacement for Older Workers
Research on the implications of displacement for older workers.
Joys and Disappointments of Older Part-time Workers (Report)
Reports findings from a Work Trends survey of older part-time workers.
Community College Strategies to Serve Adults in Transition: Dislocated Workers, Older Job Seekers, and Job Seekers with Disabilities
Webinar about serving adults in transition.
Examples of Promising Current Community College Initiatives to Serve Older and Dislocated Workers
A brief highlighting community colleges’ efforts to assist older adults.
Aging Healthcare Workforce Symposium
Managed the convening of a meeting to address the challenges faced by the health care workforce and developed policy recommendations.
Research for the Sloan Center on Aging and Work at Boston College
Development of research products about the unemployment of older workers.
Van Horn Quoted in New AARP Story
Carl Van Horn was interviewed for an AARP story about whether older job seekers should pay for assistance with their job search. He suggests that older job seekers instead seek support from colleagues, associates, and friends. Van Horn is Director of the Heldrich...
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.
How are Community Colleges Serving the Needs of Older Students with Disabilities?
Examines how community colleges can better support the education and training needs of older students with disabilities.
Community College Practices that Serve Older Dislocated Workers
Highlights strategies under way at five community colleges serving high numbers of dislocated workers.
No Man’s Land
Explores the struggles and challenges of older workers in today’s economy.
The Public Workforce System: Serving Older Job Seekers and the Disability Implications of an Aging Workforce
Identifies the challenges that older workers face in the labor market.