Posted In: Career Resources, Employer Resources, Employment News · By: Seniors for Jobs.com · Date: 5 Nov 2008
Article discusses the looming labour shortage as the age 55-plus work force grows five times faster than the overall labor force. Their is a great opportunity for employers to harness the experience and talents of mature workers.
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Posted In: Employer Resources, Employment News, Recruitment · By: Seniors for Jobs.com · Date: 28 Oct 2008
As baby-boomers begin to retire, industry is faced with the fact that its knowledge base is about to walk out the door.
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Posted In: Career Coaching, Career Resources · By: Seniors for Jobs.com · Date: 16 Oct 2008
Sixty-five and out? Not so fast. At least 60 percent of retirement-age employees will continue to work full or part time instead of calling it quits.
There are several reasons for this trend. Economics have taken a toll on seniors' nest eggs. Others see it as a way to remain active and experience new careers that challenge and satisfy them.
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Posted In: Career Resources, Employer Resources, Employment News, Recruitment · By: Seniors for Jobs.com · Date: 1 Oct 2008
With retirement nest eggs dwindling, more people are likely to delay retirement and some retirees may be forced to return to work or risk running out of money
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Posted In: Career Resources, Employer Resources, Employment News, Recruitment · By: Seniors for Jobs.com · Date: 5 Sep 2008
All eyes in the workforce development community have been on the “graying” workforce and the drastic shortage of skilled workers that is projected to follow when baby boomers begin to retire en masse. The U.S. Department of Labor projects the country will be short 10 million skilled workers by 2011.
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Posted In: Career Resources, Health & Wellness · By: Seniors for Jobs.com · Date: 16 Jul 2008
Stroll with me down memory lane... Back before the Internet...before bombings, AIDS, Herpes... Before semi-automatics and crack...before SEGA or Super Nintendo...way back!
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Posted In: Career Resources, Health & Wellness · By: Seniors for Jobs.com · Date: 1 Jul 2008
They can be the employees who come to work earlier than others, don’t attend office functions very often and leave later than the others do. They don’t interact any more than they have to and they generally avoid crowds. They are the temperamentally reserved or shy ones and their numbers are increasing.
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Posted In: Employer Resources, Employment News · By: Seniors for Jobs.com · Date: 28 Mar 2008
The first 12 projects funded through the Canada-British Columbia Agreement on Targeted Initiative for Older Workers (TIOW) will help older workers living in British Columbia retrain for new careers.
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Posted In: Career Resources, Interview Tips · By: Seniors for Jobs.com · Date: 9 Aug 2007
The key to effectively answering job interview questions is to understand the purpose of the questions. It's hard to respond to statements like "Tell me about yourself" if you don't know what the employer wants to know!
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Posted In: Career Resources · By: Seniors for Jobs.com · Date: 8 Aug 2007
The next time you take a handful of loose change out of your pocket or purse and toss it aside as a nuisance, take the time to count it and realize it's true value. As a fifty-something woman on her own, out of work and out of money, I have begun to feel very much like that annoying loose change that just jingles around in your pocket or purse until you get rid of it. But, just like that change, I too (and others like me) have value if you take the time to count it. As anyone who has been in the work force can tell you, looking for work may be one of the hardest tasks you will ever have to face. You not only have to convince potential employers that you're worth hiring, but you first have to convince yourself of that fact.
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