| Are you a senior citizen seeking employment for | | | | Because if your answer is a resounding yes, then |
| retirees? Have your medical benefits been reduced | | | | there is a sea of opportunities awaiting you. |
| significantly? Has your hard earned pension suffered a | | | | In order to function, and thrive in the job market |
| hit by your former employer? | | | | today, versatility is necessary. It is not only helpful, it |
| Has the threat on Social Security and its future | | | | is vital. |
| solvency caused you some sleepless nights? | | | | Employment for retirees has led to some interesting |
| Whatever the motivation behind your decision to do | | | | avenues of jobs for senior citizens. |
| so, you have been placed in an interesting position. | | | | A retired police officer is designing and building |
| Are you up to the challenge? | | | | backyard tropical gardens and habitats for |
| During the years you spent working for your | | | | homeowners. A retired criminal lawyer, a woman, is |
| previous employer, or employers, can you recall all | | | | working in a bridal shop and arranging wedding |
| the times you day dreamed about doing some other | | | | gatherings for brides. |
| kind of work than what you were doing at the time? | | | | A retired army colonel is rebuilding old, classic |
| Own up to it! We all experienced these flights of | | | | automobiles for customers of an auto body shop. |
| fancy. | | | | A retired high school teacher, a man who gets |
| But you quickly dismissed those thoughts, right? You | | | | around in a wheel chair, works as an instructor of |
| chased them away as futile things. Well, now is the | | | | physical fitness classes in a large weight training |
| time to dust off those ideas and take a hard look at | | | | business. |
| them. | | | | What do these retirees teach us. The sky is the limit. |
| The modern day labor market is a vast, varied and | | | | Just because you are older in years does not mean |
| fertile ground for anyone up to tilling the soil and | | | | that new things are beyond your grasp. |
| planting new kinds of seeds. | | | | Look out over the labor market and spend some |
| This is not pie in the sky stuff! It is cold, hard reality. | | | | time picking out the types of work that interest you. |
| The latest scientific studies have proven that older | | | | If you want to try your hand at a job that differs |
| brains, like we seniors possess, are not empty chalk | | | | from what you have done in the past, do it. |
| boards wiped clean of ideas. | | | | Remember, you do not have to go after a full time |
| The results of these studies solidly indicate that the | | | | job if you want to just work part time. |
| mental capabilities of seniors have actually expanded | | | | Employment for retirees is a new and novel idea to |
| in capacity. | | | | some employers. They may have never even |
| What does this mean? It means my friend, that you | | | | thought about the concept. |
| are capable of new ideas, strategies and acquiring | | | | But if you approach them and demonstrate how it |
| and expanding brand new skills and abilities. | | | | will actually benefit their business, you just might find |
| Let me pose the question once more. Are you up to | | | | yourself on the payroll for the effort. |
| the challenge of plunging into the employment market | | | | Challenge yourself and write something new on your |
| in search of unfilled job ideas from your past? | | | | mental blackboard! |