Seniors seeking work in south Florida. 

This statement seems like an oxymoron, but retirees are looking for all kinds of work to supplement their retirement incomes. Most retirees don't know where to begin to look for employment or what to consider for their next career move.  Most professional workers don't want to work 40 hours a week, but they also don't want to work 15 or 20 hours a week.  Senior workers want to find work doing what they had been doing in their younger years, but on a reduced hourly basis. Retired workers want a new career that is similar to their old career, but one with less stress.  A teacher can become a tutor, an accountant can do bookkeeping, but new jobs don't always have to be similar in nature to their old jobs.  Retirees can have totally new elements or possess some familar elements of their old position. (The Ex denotes aleady a retired person.)

Ex Hospital Nurses might consider caregiving on a private basis rather than in hospitals, or nursing in a school or corporation.  EX Lawyers might consider mediation in divorce cases, or for retailers, real estate or healthcare. Ex Teachers can work on after school programs, seminars or events planning, policemen can be security guards, coaches, or do carpentry (whatever suits them).  No one is limited by their past career and no person has to limit their thinking of what they want their next career to be. Each retiree has to consider what he/she is bringing to any new job and then think of the skills and achievements that match this new hoped for career.

Retirees are not less a worker, but more of a worker because they bring talent, experience and drive to succeed. Their expertise presents a tremendous value to businesses that seek seasoned, dependable talent and that are willing to allow older workers enough work-life balance to pursue hobbies and spend time with family.

Generally retired people have little or no interest in jobs that keep them on their feet all day such as retail sales.

Employers are looking to hire people with positive attributes.  Older workers bring years of experience and can work flexible hours. 

There has been an increase in programs and workshops offering training to the older workforce by helping them to update resumes, interviewing skills and job training.

Anita's Careers welcomes the opportunity to help seniors rework their resumes, retool their specific skills, relearn interviewing techniques and retrain their thinking in order to get a new kind of job.Blog here.

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