Economic recovery or not, if you're 50 and older today, you're probably worried about your job.

Older workers, of course, have always had to watch over their shoulder as younger generations enter the workforce. But the recession displaced millions of those 50 and above, giving them even more reason to lose sleep.

Worse yet, the average length of time spent without a job among workers 55 and older stretched to longer than a year at certain points during the downturn and recovery, much higher than the 36 weeks for younger workers.

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