{"607665":{"#nid":"607665","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Losing a job in midlife: How to prepare and bounce back when downsized near retirement","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EBeing laid off when you\u0026#39;re close to retirement can be devastating.\u0026nbsp;It is more difficult for older employees to find new jobs. A \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/psycnet.apa.org\/record\/2015-23321-001\u0022\u003E2015 study\u003C\/a\u003E by the Georgia Institute of Technology\u0026rsquo;s School of Psychology and the University of Minnesota\u0026rsquo;s Carlson School of Management found that unemployed Americans over 50 are likely to be job hunting for six weeks longer than those in their 30s and 40s and nearly 11 weeks longer than those in their 20s. School of Psychology Professor\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/psychology.gatech.edu\/people\/faculty\/363\u0022\u003E \u003Cstrong\u003ERuth Kanfer\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E was a co-author of the original study.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"30678","created_gmt":"2018-07-11 22:32:44","changed_gmt":"2018-07-11 22:34:25","author":"A. Maureen Rouhi","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"sustainable fuels","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/money\/personalfinance\/2018\/07\/09\/downsized-near-retirement-recover-layoff-middle-age\/754167002\/","dateline":{"date":"2018-07-09T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2018-07-09T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"222941":{"id":"222941","type":"image","title":"Ruth Kanfer","body":null,"created":"1449243535","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 15:38:55","changed":"1475894894","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:48:14","alt":"Ruth Kanfer","file":{"fid":"197341","name":"ruth_kanfer4.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/ruth_kanfer4_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/ruth_kanfer4_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":7910090,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/ruth_kanfer4_0.jpg?itok=62sY5r07"}}},"media_ids":["222941"],"groups":[{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"443951","name":"School of Psychology"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"962","name":"unemployment"},{"id":"31371","name":"Ruth Kanfer"},{"id":"167710","name":"School of Psychology"},{"id":"4896","name":"College of Sciences"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}