Who are the best employers for older workers?

Being known as a good employer to work for is something to be valued. Your present employees are happy and aren’t looking for a different job and you’ll always find plenty of good people who want to work for you. If you are an older worker, close to the end of your career being with a company that understands and welcomes the benefits of having older and experienced workers, you should feel fortunate because not everyone is so lucky. Some companies don’t view workers over fifty as important as younger employees and that is unfortunate. But there are plenty of companies that do according to aarp.com who came out with their annual list of best employers for workers over fifty.


To make it on the list you have to submit an application where the company will be asked several questions about hiring older workers (and keeping older workers), career training, and work accommodations. The benefits that a company has to offer its employees are also very important, as well as the benefits it has to offer retirees.

This whole concept of judging employers sounds beneficial for not only older workers but younger workers as well. It would be nice to see the results for all major corporations.

What is interesting is that the list is made up of health corporations and large universities. I guess it makes sense because health and education are so vital to the wellbeing and development of everyone. These companies understand the value of all their employees.

Something else that AARP pointed out was that great companies usually have great HR teams working for them. That is quite significant because employees don’t always know what their rights and benefits are, an HR team can communicate this information

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Finding jobs in your area

When you are young and looking for a job, especially if you are right out of school, the thought of relocating for a job opportunity isn’t a bad idea or one that you would probably turned down. But if you are older and with a family to take care of it is usually a difficult choice because your spouse may already have a job that they don’t want to leave and your children probably don’t want to leave their friends and schools. So what is the next step? You are limited to finding jobs in your area.


The first thing to deal with is Geographic’s, as in how far will you be able to commute back and forth to a potential employer. For some folks this isn’t a tough decision but you have to weigh in the time wasted by being on the road. An hour coming and going each day eats up a lot of personal time you could be doing other things, of course if the job is what you want that might not be a big sacrifice. Another aspect of commuting is the cost of gas and the wear and tear on your car. These are costs that add up very quickly and it is something to consider.

Local job search

After you have determined how far you will drive to a new job you need to do an internet job search for your particular area. As with any job search today the world wide web is your best friend but not your only resource for finding employment especially with a local job search. Networking is extremely valuable when you are limited to local job openings. Make contact with everyone you know in your vicinity about any possible jobs or any beneficial leads. You’ll never find out about these things in less you ask.

Something else to consider is stay at home jobs or online jobs. It should definitely be something that you should consider or at least do a little research on. There are plenty of stay at home job sites on the web just be careful because some of them are scams.

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Internet Job tools for the older unemployed worker

Finding employment is a struggle especially in this economy where the unemployment numbers never seem to go down. And to make it worse it doesn’t seem that things will ever get better. Of course (hopefully) they will eventually get better in the future but that doesn’t help much if you need a job right now. If you are an older unemployed worker then you know that your job search will be particularly difficult, as a matter of fact even in good times it can be challenging to find a job if you are over fifty. Age discrimination and other factors are still a barrier to many older folks looking for employment. So what do you do? Take advantage of the technology by using all of the internet job tools that are available.


The internet and finding employment

If you are comfortable with using a computer and the World Wide Web then you are off to a good start. As you probably already know the internet is the most powerful source of information in the world and that includes all things that are needed to look for work. The most important sites are job search engines like

1. Monster.com

2. Careerbuilder.com

3. Indeed.com

4. Yahoo.com

Not only do these sites have listings of jobs everywhere in the country they also have quite a bit of career advice for those looking for work.

Social media and finding jobs

Everyone has heard of Facebook and how wonderful it is to keep in touch with friends, families and people who share a common interest. It is also a great place to look for jobs and to hear from other folks who are in the same boat that you are. There is also a social media site that is dedicated to professional networking and that is LinkedIn, where you can put your professional information on display as a way to connect with other professionals and potential employers.

Don’t forget twitter.com

You also need to join twitter if you haven’t already. All of the major job search sites regularly tweet open jobs many times during the day.

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Can you take time off between jobs?

You just got laid off from your current job and you were more than a little surprised. Certainly the economy is bad and maybe your employer isn’t doing that well but you didn’t think that you would become a layoff victim. But it happened to you like it has happened to many folks. The question is now what are you going to do. Start the job search tomorrow, make plans that night on how you are going to get back into the land of employment or are you going to take a break maybe rest a little while to get your head straight.


The decision whether to rest before you embark on a job search depends on quite a few things. Of course the main concern is how much money do you have saved for the occurrence of life changing event like losing your job. Most folks say that you should have at least 3 months of savings to live on at all times just in case you are laid off Probably in this economy should have more than 3 months. Another thing to consider is your debt such as house payments, credit card bills, tuition for kids and anything else that you are paying off. Without a lot of debt and adequate savings in the bank you definitely are better off than most.

What field are you in? If you are in a career that is in high demand you will have a better chance at finding a job and the idea of taking a break sounds feasible. And if you aren’t then you might want to start looking right away. This might also be a good time to consider entering a different field.

Even if you are in good financial shape and your job prospects look good, don’t take too long to start looking for a job. Don’t put off the inevitable.

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