Job Hunt Often Hardest on Older Workers

Many older workers who get laid off face additional obstacles, and Ron McFadden, 60, is sensing that this may now be true of him. McFadden was ultimately a casualty of the Quad/Graphics printing plant collapse. While he worked there, it was called Quebecor, then World Color. Exactly one year ago, the company was restructuring to become leaner for an anticipated buyout by Quad/Graphics and McFadden was laid off.

It’s been a year since the layoff, and McFadden is still having a tough time finding a job—any job...“I attribute a lot of that to my age.”