RetirementJobs.com says, 'Over 50? Get a job, punk!'
A job board for people over 50 years old, RetirementJobs.com was created to reflect the changing definition of "retirement" in the United States. And the fact that the older demographic is now online in sufficient force to make the site viable.
These jobs are open to older workers.
(Credit: CNET Networks)According to founder Tim Driver, the supply of older job seekers is matched by a necessary and ongoing reversal in corporate age bias. As a country, we are aging. When a person retires from a job these days, there aren't always two or three people ready to step into the job, as there have been in the past. Additionally, the aging customer base calls for a matching workforce to understand and do business with it. Driver also extols the virtues of older worker and points to the Labor Department's statistic that younger employees change jobs three times more frequently than older workers.
Functionally, RetirementJobs.com is not that different from any other general-purpose job site, such as Monster or CareerBuilder. The editorial content is, though: The advice and stories are all focused on the particular issues a mature worker will encounter. For example, the article "Will A Job Affect My Social Security?" that is front and center on RetirementJobs, would not likely be featured on a job site that caters to the typical fresh-out-of-college market. Some of the content seemed a bit promotional, though. A podcast on the challenges older people face when looking for jobs mentioned the virtues of the RetirementJobs.com site several times in the first minute.
But at least a job seeker knows that employers posting jobs on this site will be open to talking to them even if--or perhaps especially if--they have a few more years of experience than is usually asked for. That makes this site not just a good resource, but a great confidence builder, too.
Rafe Needleman writes about start-ups, new technologies, and Web 2.0 products, as editor of CNET's Webware. E-mail Rafe. 
If you are qualified, you will get a job. If I am more qualified, the job should be (will) be mine.
Deal with it - maturity is much more becoming!!
Better yet, I can't wait to hear the tune you'll sing when and if YOU are farther on in years, if nature allows such a travesty. Fortunately, nature has a way of correcting its mistakes. Oh, but fools never learn, do they?
Go ahead and report me for an offensive post! If I get kicked off, I'll just cry all the way to the bank.
Grow up, honey chile!
I remember having a quiet family meal, when my Mother started complaining about those young whipper-snappers with their college education coming in making the same money as my Father and keeping him from getting a promotion that he deserved. I squirmed a little as I was soon to be one of those college so and sos. It made me wonder whose father I was going to be keeping from getting a promotion. My father noticing how uncomfortable I was pointed out the obvious to my Mother, that I was soon to be one those people to which she referred. Not only that but he had worked long and hard so that I could have that college education that his parents could not afford.
I really can't begrudge someone his opportunity no matter what his age. If some whipper-snapper comes along and gets that job I am competing for c'est la vie. (That French for oh well)
Many decades later I sit here and listen to these comments. While I understand things have definitely changed since my Dad day in the sun, apparently the attitude of people haven't. Thankfully, my Father was employed by one company for 40+ years before he retired. Now days no company provides such security which is partially why we are in this state. In my 30 year career, I changed jobs once of my own accord and have had my job sold to another company once.
I do agree that if a person is willing to do the work at the price offered then what is the big deal? Basically it sounds logical so why don't the Human Resources people and potential bosses look at it that way? The answer is always well you might leave for greener pastures to up your salary. This is a definite item for much of the younger class but is harder to guess for us older ones?
I am wondering how long it will be before someone gets the idea that retirementjobs.com is discriminatory because it focuses on those with "more experience".
If employers were honest, they would hire the best qualified regardless what the applicants' age is. However, they do not. This is very frustrating to those of us that need to provide for our families and cannot find a job in our chosen profession.
The H1-B VISA program is also a joke. American employers do not need to hire non-English speaking people to fulfill their IT positions here in the U.S. There are plenty of Americans that were born here (and live here) that are ready and able to start new assignments. All we ask is for training. That is something those third-world people will get in addition to their new cars, new homes, etc. I don't see how employers are saving any money bringing them here.
- by Ollie456 April 25, 2009 11:40 AM PDT
- I was recently laid off at the age of 52, 3 days before my 53rd. birthday. So much for my birthday treats, as I was the one who always brought them in for everyone. It will be a month this Tuesday and I have sent out one hundred resumes here in the state of Illinois. If I wasn't single I would not care or if I had the financial backing in my 401K I wouldn't care either. I had to laugh when a woman at work told me she got a 5000.00 severance for one year of employment. I myself got 8,000.00 and after taxes, with my vacation it was 5,200.00. Here I am totally devastated and wonder how long it will take me to find a job close to what I was making. I was lucky to find a part time job to give me at least minimum wage in addition to my unemployment. My company knew I was alone, no family and yet they purely got their nuts off when doing this to me. After 9 long years with this company, I have alot of disrespect. But on the other side, I feel something was lifted off my shoulders and that was the fear of getting laid off every day as this company ran it's business to the ground. As the next 400 employees at their Chicago location wait each day to see if they get their pink slip, The fear is gone. Now hopefully some company here in Chicago will appreciate a wonderful person with a great customer service, accounts receivable and payable background who is totally dedicated to her company. I only wished I would of used a sick day the last several days instead of accumulating 4 weeks. Because sick time and personal days are not paid out. They really got you. If there truly is a God, what goes around will come around and one day may they feel despair, pain, anguish and frustration as I do. I wish I had the time, energy and never signed the severance papers. I definately would be in a lawyers office today. I even asked the woman in charge, "there wasn't anything you could do to prevent this". She just looked at me and laughed.
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(10 Comments)God Bless America and the Democratic way- may it help people like myself over 50 battling an ever so popular job search in America.