Experience, Loyalty, Skill—Come with AGE

Abstract

Introduction: Federation Employment Service, a free, non‐secretarian guidance and placement agency, devotes primary attention to those persons in greatest need of vocational service. Since 1934, it has offered employment and counseling assistance to its community, with emphasis on the “hard‐to‐place.” Special projects have been organized as need arose—for veterans, youth, and other groups. And when post‐war conditions indicated that older workers had difficulty in finding jobs, the Service decided to focus public attention on their needs.The FES campaign, as a demonstration project, outlines concrete steps toward increasing employment opportunities for older workers. Associates of the Service hope that vocational agencies in other communities will embark on similar drives, for the issue is not local, but national in scope; it is not a temporary situation, but one with long‐range implications.