I’m a 56-year-old IT worker who got laid off last year and has been unemployed ever since. I have a hunch I’m not finding work due to ageism. How do I prove it?

Research shows that after the Great Recession, it took older workers who were displaced about twice as long to find a new job as younger workers. skynesher/Getty Images Workers aged 50 and over have a harder time finding work than younger workers, research shows. Meanwhile, surveys suggest that this group believes they face age bias…