Also, in this case "just" probably refers to time only (as in very recently; in the immediate past), and not the more colloquial usage in the sense of "just put it over there". (English is hard.)

Q: What's the difference between a house and a home?

A: A home is where they put you when they want the house.

That resume is from shortly after he turned 54.

It must have been hard looking for a job at that age and I don't think the economy was brilliant in 1980 either.

That was when Reagan got elected after Carter had only one term.