Monday, June 15, 2009

Program helps seniors get jobs in Chinatown

Older immigrants to this country have skills and experiences that are often not needed here and this program is helping them find jobs. Also needing help with English makes it much harder. - - Donna Poisl

BY VICTORIA YUE

Finding a job in today’s economy? Hard.

Finding a job as a senior citizen? Harder.

But what can be more difficult yet? Add immigration to the mix.

“Realistically, for those of us that are older, finding a job really isn’t that easy,” said Tzu Chien Lu, a quietly amiable man more comfortable speaking in his native Mandarin than English. Lu, 60, immigrated to the United States from Taiwan in 2007.

One person who works with job placement for senior immigrants at the Chinese American Service League, or CASL, says most of his clients come from Asia and do not speak English very well.
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