GRN & 50+ Workforce
Resources for Boomers and Seniors
www.retirementconnection.com/listings/portland/seniors-make-sense-sms-older-worker-service
Comprehensive website from AARP – check out the work and retirement section
- www.aarp.org/work/employee-benefits/best_employers
- www.aarp.org/work/job-hunting/info-05-2008/job_tips_for_50plus_workers.html
- Primarily pulls jobs from Indeed – www.aarp.org/jobs
- Blog Spot for Older Workers on Work and Retirement www.community.aarp.org/t5/The-Water-Cooler/bd-p/bg59
- Purpose Prize – For Encore careers in social justice www.encore.org/prize
- Easter Seals provides job search support and limited training for the 50+ job seeker who are at 125% poverty level.
- YouTube presentation on Easter Seals Senior Community Services Employment Program www.youtube.com/watch?v=xuMUQ88bG8Y
- www.Indeed.com – How to find a job over 60
- Career Resource for Boomers and Seniors www.Workforce50.com
- Retired Brains
- Labor Information and Age
- www.nextavenue.org
- Mac’s List articles
- Employer Reviews for 50+ community
- Video Compliments of Edison State College – Career Services – Combatting Ageism in the interview
- Activity Director Training – Oregon Health Care Association
Articles
- Changing Careers – Idealist
- www.idealistcareers.org/how-alice-changed-careers-at-the-age-of-62
- Moving forward from layoff or firing.
- www.careerealism.com/fired-over-50
- Job Search Strategies for Older Workers – The Balance
- 5 Things Successful Senior Job Seekers Do – Forbes
- 9 Essential Tips for Older Job Seekers Looking for Their Next Awesome Opportunity – the Muse
- Forbes Article – An Ageing Population Means New Jobs
- 50+ Blogger (Hot and Flashy) Setting Up a Video Call Lighting
Handling Ageism
- Forbes article – www.forbes.com/sites/kathycaprino/2014/09/26/age-discrimination-how-to-handle-it-in-your-job-search/2
- Old School: A Clearinghouse for Anti-Ageism. A clearinghouse, from Ashton Applewhite, of free and carefully vetted resources to educate people about ageism and help dismantle it. www.oldschool.info. Also see: Ashton Applewhite’s This Chair Rocks! blog at: www.thischairrocks.com Aging Advisors. Expert solutions to the challenges of growing older. www.agingadvisorspdx.com