Older job-seekers find ways to avoid bias

New York

JAMES KUNEN, 66, teaches English as a second language at the Center for Immigrant Education and Training at LaGuardia Community College in New York.

When he was let go as the director of corporate communications at Time Warner during a round of layoffs, he confronted the core questions: What is it he could do? Where did his skills translate to a job, one that made him feel some sense of purpose? And who would hire him, given his age?