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Gene Burnard knows what it's like to be over the age of 50 and looking for work.

That’s because he's older than 50, himself, and runs an online service that helps retirees and mid-life career seekers find jobs.

Burnard's site, Workforce50.com, has more than 4,000 employers who pay $109 per job listing to advertise to job-seekers older than 50.

On one hand, the large number of employers willing to consider older workers is encouraging, Burnard says.

"Having said that, there is very definitely an age bias out there," Burnard says. "We're a youth-oriented culture in the U.S. and everything is young, young, young. There's a lot of that — people not thinking actively about hiring from over-50.”

With an aging Baby Boomer population and an economy in a tailspin, however, that might change.

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