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Where to find older workers
By Ellen
Birkett Morris • Bankrate.com
Donald Davis, vice president for workforce development
at the National Council on the Aging, offered the following resources
for small businesses looking to hire older workers:
- Senior
Community Service Employment Program -- Funded by the Department
of Labor, this program provides low-income seniors age 55 and
up with federally subsidized on-the-job skills training. The program
is coordinated through national organizations such as the AARP,
National
Urban League, the National
Council on the Aging and through state governments.
- To locate other government and nonprofit
senior employment programs, call your local agency on aging. The
Eldercare Locator of the National Association of Area Agencies
on Aging, at 1-800-677-1116, can help you find the agency nearest
you.
- Check out local "Forty
Plus" clubs, which are designed to help older workers re-enter
the work force.
- Many temporary agencies now have specialized
programs to recruit older workers.
- When advertising a job opening, don't depend
on traditional newspapers -- place the ad in senior-friendly newspapers
and church bulletins.
- Don't neglect the Web. An increasing number
of seniors are using the Internet. The NCOA Web page has an area
devoted to jobs for seniors.
Ellen Birkett Morris is a freelance
writer based in Kentucky
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-- Posted: April 21, 2000
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