Lengthy job search

Crisis on the labor market hits over-50s hard

Nico Tsirigotis and Michaela Puntigam take part in FAB's career guiding - Puntigam is still looking for a job, Tsirigotis has already been successful.(Bild: HM)

In difficult economic times, Styrians over 45 find it particularly difficult to find a new job. Unemployment in this group recently rose by 9.4 percent. Two of those affected talk about how they want to get back into work.

I don't want to go for a walk," says Michaela Puntigam. The 57-year-old from Graz has been looking for a new job since November. The English and Romance studies graduate has already written almost 60 applications "I don't want to retire, I want to get involved. You need the feeling of having achieved something."