Older job seekers struggle to “get a foot in the door”

It says that despite recording lower unemployment than other age groups, a National Skills Commission report found that older people had far greater difficulty finding subsequent employment after becoming unemployed compared with younger Australians.

In February 2020, mature age people were unemployed for an average of 76 weeks, compared with 33 weeks for young people and 54 weeks for people aged between 25 and 54 years.