seemed OK . `` I know I can count on you to send me great letters of support and cheer , '' Lindsay told viewers on CNN 's iReport.com . `` And remember , if you 're going through this , I 'm going through it too . There are lots of us going through this . '' Watch Lindsay 's post For Lindsay , like many people these days , the Internet has become both a tool for economic recovery and a cure for isolation . iReport.com : Share your survivor story At a time when the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics says that 1.07 million people 55 and older are unemployed and looking for work , the Internet is an increasingly useful tool for older people looking for jobs and a sense of community , said Deborah Russell the AARP 's director of workforce issues . `` It 's a great way of being able to network with people who are either in a similar situation or who may have some resources to help you , '' she said . The number of people who need this help is on the rise . Some older people are delaying
This story is part of an ongoing series of profiles by CNN about economic survival in this time of financial crisis . Jean Lindsay records a video telling people to get out of their nightgowns and look for work . -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Jean Lindsay , a spunky 67-year-old with two masters ' degrees , panicked after she failed to land a job in the garden center of a Lowe 's home-improvement store . She started to wonder whether a woman of her age ever would be able to find work . She worried about her debt , and weeks of unemployment were turning into months . After the job interview , she stayed up most of the night in the fits of an anxiety attack -- vomiting and huddling under the bedcovers with her two dogs . `` God , I felt like I was falling off the ends of the earth , '' she said . A few days later , though , she tossed on a red sweater , plopped down in front of her computer , flipped on her Web camera -- and , suddenly , while streaming her story onto the Internet , things