Seniors that are looking for new employment
opportunities are often discouraged by the fact that they are often without the
training or general knowledge that is required to go into a new line of
work. More than a few years out of their old line of work and many seniors
find that things have changed enough where they are no longer competitive.
While many senior employment candidates don't mind going back to school, others
don't want to go down that road again.
This creates quite a dilemma for many seniors
who want to work but just cannot find anything that they either want to do or
are good enough at to find employment. In a recent online survey conducted
for Senior Job Search, seniors who wanted to continue to work past the age of 65
were asked why they wanted to continue to work. Here are the results:
- To feel worthwhile and contribute to
society: 78%
- To meet interesting new people: 67%
- To relieve boredom: 59%
- Flexible hours: 58%
- To earn supplemental income: 56%
- Health (supplement health and life
insurance): 44%
- Economic necessity: 28%
Finding the hottest
jobs around
It
obviously makes sense to start looking for employment
where there is the biggest growth. A line of work
that is shrinking means that there is a surplus of people
to fill the remaining positions. But when a given
field is growing, there are more job opportunities and
there is a significant likelihood of a greater income,
especially if you have some unique skills.
These
HOT JOBS in growth industries are also more likely to look
for those with experience. In new industries
and in those that are expanding rapidly, there may be little raw experience
within that industry. This means a much greater acceptance of experience
from other industries.
Experience in
management, sales, customer relations and similar fields can easily cross over
from one industry to the next. This is less the case where the new
industry requires certain technical expertise. Don't let this dissuade you
however. While technical expertise may be specific, new industries are
seldom built on technical expertise that is exclusive to that
industry.
In other words,
while your knowledge may not be fully portable, it may have a similar basis that
can be built on. The fact that the industry is relatively young may prove
to be a favor to you in this case because there isn't anyone available with a
perfectly compatible background. You might not be the perfect candidate,
but you could well be the next best thing. Having a less than perfectly
ideal background also means that you could be bringing certain benefits and
alternatives to the field that someone who has an extensive background.
Every new hire can benefit a growing employer by bringing fresh new ideas.
The
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics keeps up with what is hot and what will
be hot in the future. To see what the fastest growing occupations and
industries are, Click
Here and go to the Tables about half way down the page. A new
window will open.
