Job ##s are at a new low and the unemployment rate has gone down to 4.3 % , a 16-year low . But it is a very different story for older unemployed people , especially ones out of work for over six months — the long - term unemployed .
Job openings are at a record high and the unemployment rate has edged down to 4.3%, a 16-year low. But it’s a very different story for older unemployed Americans, especially ones out of work for over six months — the long-term unemployed.