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(CBS/AP) Looking for work isn't a concern just for people under 65. Those beyond the traditional age for calling it quits increasingly need or want a job. The challenge, of course, is finding suitable work in an economy with chronically high unemployment.
Here's a look at each of five job categories with a high demand for retirees.
When they gave customer support people computer terminals, they figured they didn't need people like me anymore. So there is no one around to notice any particular error patterns, especially if things are outsourced to third party providers, who, themselves buy name and address lists from another provider.
This is why you stopped getting your charge account bill four months ago, by the way. It is now being sent to an address you lived at six years ago. Go figure. But, hey. I can fix that. Too bad no one will hire me to do it.
20+ years ago, I realized there was no demand for anyone over 40 when my entrepreneurial job was going away due to a shrinking market impacted by JIT manufacturing, overseas outsourcing, etc. Sent out over 200 resumes with 0 responses. Revised the resume to eliminate age ID and sent over 250 more, got almost 50 responses which went away in the interview cause my age was obvious.
After roughly 8 years of trying to find a replacement job, I wound up working as a driver, then chauffeur, saved my tips, and now own a small limo company. The only jobs available for over 40s will be entrepreneurial.
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