India, March 10 -- Many older white-collar American professionals are struggling to re-enter the workforce after a layoff due to age and salary expectations, making them less desirable than younger workers.

As a result, many are now being forced to take up blue-collar work instead since some income is better than none, even if the work doesn't align with long-term goals, according to a Business Insider report.

This is because apart from a two-month pandemic-related dip in 2020, US businesses are hiring at nearly their lowest rate since 2013, according to the report, which added that this was combined with a hiring slump in white-collar sectors such as marketing, banking, and finance.

An example would be Donald Malone, 65, who had made ...