Where Can I Apply For Retiree Jobs?
Are you searching for retiree jobs? Do you want to climb out of the
swamp that is the present day economy?
Many observers report that the recession that has hammered us all for the last couple of years is showing some signs of recovery.
That may or may not be overly optimistic, because that portion of the economy called employment is still surviving on constant injections of governmental aid.
The problem is that very little seems to be helping.
How are you faring in the tumult of the current financial crisis grinding away at the world?
Many senior citizens are hunkering down and making do with Social Security, pensions and their savings.
Unemployment levels have steamed past ten percent recently! Many economists tell us that this workless number will be the reigning state of the job market for several more years.
But I am here to shout at you to stop it! Lets not pull a Rip Van Winkle and try to sleep through the next couple of years.
The world is still a great place to live in! Besides, it is all we have! Many senior citizens are taking advantage of their past years of living experience and roaring on to an exciting tomorrow.
Have you looked around at the evolving climate in the employment market? It is shifting my fellow seniors.
The playing field has become more level than it has been in recent memory for seniors and most retirees.
Think about that ten percent unemployment number. Unlike previous recessions, most of those jobs have disappeared like smoke through a keyhole.
They are never coming back. Many of those jobs are not just vacant, they have been erased like chalk marks on a blackboard and will never exist again.
Multitudes of the presently unemployed will have to retrain themselves to qualify for the ever changing new business environments.
A few months ago, the government agency that keeps track of such things informed us of a dismal statistic.
They revealed that the average unemployment duration for each person terminated passed six months for the first time since 1948.
Many seniors remember those years after World War II. We tightened our belts and went to work carving out new job paths to make a living.
It is time to start carving again! Only now, we seniors are way ahead of the game and the learning curve.
The over fifty crowd has all the living and job experience accumulated through decades of learning and application.
If you are a senior citizen, then it is time to catalogue all that you have locked away in your memory.
There are a lot of jobs in the business marketplace now that are tailor made for you and your skills and experience.
Here is a very valuable piece of information! Many of the employment opportunities that abound in the market today, are not even advertised beyond word of mouth.
How can this help you? You have to take three steps!
1.Determine the job you want.
2.Select the employers you want to work for.
3.Compose a simple verbal and written presentation of your capabilities.
The golden opportunities exist, you are the person, and the time is now.
Go for it!
Raymond Angus is the widely read author of http://www.TheSeniorsLife.com. He writes for fellow seniors and how they can find employment. Do you want to know where the senior jobs are? Click on http://www.TheSeniorsLife.com and select employment.
Want that Job? Work on your Resume
It is plain knowledge that the resume is probably the most important factor in determining whether you get an interview call or not. Getting an interview is your final opportunity to show the client that you are indeed the perfect candidate for the available job. But to get there you need to make sure you have a resume that stands out amongst the hundreds of other applications.
Job openings are advertised by companies of all sizes in newspapers and on classified websites with a career section. This is done primarily to avoid foul play and hiring unsuitable people through personal contacts. It also helps ensure that the company taps into a richer, more diversely experienced candidate pool with a higher likelihood of finding the right person for the job.
HR personnel can only spend less than a minute on each resume before deciding if it deserves a second appraisal or not. Each job opening receives hundreds of applications especially in the case of large companies and jobs that are of a more general, less authoritative nature. Resumes are efficiently sorted based on several criteria including usage of words and formatting. Education and past work experience are also key in more senior positions. A tiny fraction of the initial resumes ever make it to the second review and even fewer candidates get called for the final interview stage of the hiring process.
Be thorough while checking your resume for mistakes. Since you have been working on your resume for weeks it is easy for you to overlook simple errors that may be visible to the person reviewing your application. Get your resume rechecked by friends and family. Use a simple yet professional layout and font, taking care to arrange your strengths and accomplishments in a way that is easily noticeable. Remember that you want your appraiser to consider you as a serious candidate within a minute or so of reading your resume.
Spend a few hours a day to come up with different versions of your resume depending on the kind of positions and jobs you are applying for. Keep in mind that the closer your abilities and career experiences match with the employer’s requirements the higher the chances of you getting an interview call. Employers are not interested in unrelated particulars about your past. They need to be sure that you can add something extra that none of the other candidates can bring to the job. Convey only those skills that are related to your job be it a job in sales or in accounting.
Once you’ve successfully completed your resume, step back and involve yourself in other tasks, like preparing for the interview, for a couple of days. This will give you a break and a fresh perspective when you revisit your resume. Submit your job application only once you’re entirely convinced that you’ve fulfilled all the employer’s requirements. Your future depends on it.
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Top 5 Reasons to Change Jobs
Good economic conditions bring with them booming business, increased workloads and good cheer for most companies. They also bring with them increased attrition rates and higher mobility among employees. In a good job market, there will always be a large number of people who would be willing to change jobs.
However, a good job market is not the only reason for a change in jobs. Jobs In A Jiffy has compiled a list of the top 5 reasons why an employees chooses to leave his current employment.
Higher Pay
The most obvious and often cited reason for a job change is for higher pay. Most respondents to our questions felt that they get a bigger salary hike when they move to a company than they would get in their current employer’s performance appraisal. Though it is debatable if money is the sole reason for an employee quitting, but we can safely say that it is one of the prime motivators.
Promotion and More Responsibility
All employees strive to move up the corporate ladder. This is not merely for the higher pay check but also for the opportunity to handle more responsibility. At these stages, an employee can more visibly see his contribution to the organization. He is responsible not only for his own work but also for managing, motivating and getting the best out of his team. If an employee feels his career getting stagnated in his present organization, he will look to jump ships so as to fulfil his ambitions.
Location and Relocation
The place where an employee works or where his office is located causes quite a few job change decisions. Some are simple – the need to move to a particular city or region – termed as relocation – for reasons like marriage or family. Others are motivated by complex factors like work-life balance, difficult commute and accessibility issues. In these cases, an employee seeks to join an organization whose work location is better suited to his convenience.
Change Fields
After working in a chosen field for some years, an employee begins to feel the need to change fields. A person might want to change from a technical job to a more people oriented one. Though most employers support such employees by accommodating them in the organization, others are not in a position to do so. At such times, an employee has to find another employer who is willing to use his transferable skills in a different work profile.
Work Environment
This is one of the reasons often quoted by employees and experts alike for high attrition rates. It is also the reason most difficult to quantify and define. Work environment can broadly be defined social and professional environment in which you are supposed to interact with a number of people. This includes colleagues including subordinates and seniors, office policies and work infrastructure amongst others. These factors can motivate an employee and increase productivity or they could demoralize him and force a job change.
If an employer wants to minimize his attrition rates, he should try to address the above areas of employee concerns. This might involve short-term expenses but will result in tremendous long-term benefits for all.
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How to Pick a Nursing Home or Assisted Living Facility
Introduction
Placing a loved one in a nursing home or assisted living facility is often one of the most difficult decisions we face. As our loved one’s physical and/or mental conditions decline, we are often faced with no alternative but to consider long term care placement. The reality is that many of these facilities lack the staffing necessary to meet the needs of their residents. The following is a list of guidelines which can be used in determining whether a particular nursing home or assisted living facility is appropriate for your loved one. It is not intended as, and should not be used by you as legal advice, but rather a touchstone for reflection and discussion with others about this important decision.
1. First you must assess your loved one’s needs.
Do they require skilled care at a nursing home, or can they live in a semi-independent environment of an assisted living facility? Assisted living facilities cannot provide skilled care, but many of them now have special Alzheimer’s units for cognitively impaired patients that provide for many of the daily needs of their residents. Ask your doctor what type of facility is best suited for your loved one. As a practical matter, any long term care facility is required to do an evaluation of the incoming patients to determine if it can meet their needs. However, this evaluation is not always reliable, and some facilities may accept patients even where they do not have the capacity to fully meet their needs.
2. Start with a list of recommended facilities in your geographic area.
A social worker at a local hospital or employees of your local Department of Aging or Ombudsman Office may be able to provide you with a listing of nursing homes or assisted living facilities in your area. Social Service offices in many states are responsible for regulating assisted living facilities and may also be able to provide you with a list of facilities. Often these professionals have personal knowledge of these facilities and can be a valuable resource. However, you should also check the yellow pages and search the Internet for additional facilities as you want to develop a comprehensive list of facilities that are in your geographic area.
When choosing facilities don’t forget the all important location, location, location! It is important to try and select a facility that is close to the friends and relatives who will be visiting your loved one. The facility also needs to be accessible to those persons who will be visiting your loved one the most. Commuter friendly locations (e.g. parking, public transportation accessible if necessary, near entertainment venues for off-site trips with visitors) encourage the frequent visits that will help insure that your loved one is getting the proper care in the facility, as well as improve your loved one’s mental health.
3. Make a personal visit to the facility.
This will be a prime opportunity to observe the physical characteristics of the facility (e.g. cleanliness, appropriate safety precautions, staff presence). In addition to observing the facility, much can be learned from a personal visit to the facility. Although such visits will generally be coordinated with an admissions director, you may want to consider visiting the facility at a time when your visit is not scheduled. This may give you a more realistic impression of how the facility truly operates. Consider asking the following questions:
A. Ask to speak to the people who are already in the facility. This includes residents and staff members. When talking with staff determine whether they seem friendly, open and honest. Ask them if they could change anything, what would it be? Do they have family members in long term care? Are they in this facility? If not, why? For the most candid answers speak to them when their supervisors are not present. When talking to residents, ask them what they would change about the facility. Ask how long they’ve been there, and if they plan on staying.
B. Ask to attend a meal, and see if you can sample the food. Often, the assistance provided by the staff to residents in the dining room is a good reflection of the staffing patterns in the facility. Does the menu look to accommodate the specific dietary and/or ethnic needs of the facility’s residents? Do they have many choices on the menu? Is the food served hot?
C. Ask for a list of activities provided that week. Most long term care facilities provide various activities in an effort to keep their residents stimulated. This is important for purposes of maintaining good physical and mental health. See if they have a bulletin board with a list of activities. Do they have outside activities or field trips?
D. Ask about the staffing at the facility. What is the ratio of staff members to patients? Are there any state minimum staffing levels, and if so, how does this facility compare? What do they do when a staff member calls in sick? Do they have a procedure in place to assure that a replacement is available? Have the staff members received any specialized training for dementia or Alzheimer’s care? What is the staff turnover rate? What type of rapport do you observe between the staff and the residents? How many physicians are on staff?
E. If your loved one has suffered an injury or disability that requires a physical therapy program, does the facility have a rehabilitative program in place to meet those needs? If so, does the facility have the equipment on site, or are the residents commuted to these services? How often is the rehabilitative staff at the facility, full or part-time? How often can the regular staff provide exercise activities to compliment the rehabilitation.
F. How does the state rate the facility? All long term care facilities are required to obtain and maintain their licenses to provide care. Maintaining their license requires the facility to allow state inspections. Nursing homes are inspected and surveyed annually, and if their care is found to be deficient, they are cited. By law they are required to post these deficiency citations in a public place. You may want to ask to see the surveys going back 3 to 5 years to determine if any pattern of poor care exists. You may also find these surveys online at no cost on the applicable state web-site or at the Medicare web-site. See, http://www.Medicare.gov/NHCompare/home.asp or for a flat fee at http://www.seniorcarehelp.com/.
Assisted living facilities are also regulated and inspected, but not as stringently or as often as nursing homes. With assisted living facilities, there is much variation among the states and they are typically not required to post their survey results. Under either scenario, the inspections should not be the exclusive source of information about the facility. You should still ask the admissions director to see the surveys, and you can contact your local Social Services Department or the State Department of Health to obtain the information under the Freedom of Information Act. However, there will be a cost associated with copying and producing the survey documents.
G. Is it a for-profit or a non-profit facility? Generally, a non-profit facility will have less incentive to sacrifice patient care for added corporate profit. This doesn’t mean that there are not excellent long term care facilities that are profit based, or horrendous facilities that are non-profit. But as a general rule, you may be better off with a non-profit facility because they don’t have a margin of profit to conflict with the expense of providing adequate care.
4. Do Your Homework – Run a Search on the Internet
If your facility is one of the larger chains, they may have an Internet site. Expect the site to reveal only good things about the facility. However, check out the local newspaper, or try using the facility name when running a search using search engines like http://www.yahoo.com,/ http://www.google.com/ or http://www.infoseek.com/. You may be surprised (pleasantly or otherwise) at what you learn.
5. Make Inquiries About Financing
Ask about the financing of your loved one’s stay. Will they be entitled to receive Medicare? Most nursing homes accept Medicare if they meet the eligibility requirements, however some nursing homes do not. Assisted living facilities will not accept Medicare. Under limited circumstances they may accept Medicaid, under a process called Medicaid waivers.
In most situations Medicare will only pay for nursing homes for the first 100 days of a stay. Thereafter, you will have to arrange for alternative funding. If your loved one has assets of any kind, they may have to “spend down” to show that they meet the eligibility requirements for Medicaid. These requirements may differ from state to state.
6. Take a close look at the Admission Agreement or Contract
This agreement or contract will control your loved one’s legal rights while in the facility. In a nursing home your admission agreement usually references the patient’s bill of rights, which can also be found under the federal regulations, 42 C.F.R. § 483.10. Because those regulations do not apply to assisted living facilities, your contract is even more important because it specifically determines the level of care your loved one is entitled to receive, without the federally required catchalls to which nursing homes are subject. Be sure to inquire into any additional costs not explicitly stated in the contract and identify those amenities that you feel your loved one needs for a comfortable living environment. Many facilities include provisions requiring the arbitration of all claims, and waiving your right to a jury trial. You should insist that any arbitration clause waiving your legal rights be taken out of the agreement.
Conclusion
Nobody can guarantee that your loved one will receive the proper care he/she deserves in a nursing home or assisted living facility. However, doing your homework in researching the proper facility will certainly improve your odds. Remember, once your loved one enters the facility you will need to visit as frequently as possible to assure that good care is being provided. Those visits and a good relationship with the staff in the facility will create a support system that helps insure your loved one’s well-being is a top priority of the facility. Above all, don’t be afraid to move your loved one if the care is not satisfactory. Not every facility is compatible with every resident, and there may be another one which better meets the needs of your loved one.
Good luck.
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