Over 50 and Counting

Experience-based Qualification

One of the things I’m an advocate about is inclusive employment for those over 50. They bring to the table a wealth of experience and knowledge that can be crossed over to other matters. It’s because of the awareness.

These are people who, actuarially speaking, have a lot more and a lot longer to making the social and business milieu better and we should avail ourselves of those benefits rather than shove them into a space and make them vegetate. Practice keeps abilities sharp and honed. Think of tools that rust and deteriorate from lack of use and maintenance.

Mental and physical practice are also tools that deserve to be kept sharp. Like a well-seasoned cooking vessel, they get better with time and continued use. Here’s evidence of one such person – who also realized there was “another door” that could be opened.

Resources:

• 5 Factors That Affect Your Employee’s Productivity, National Business Research Institute
• Media Professional Turned Personal Trainer, AARP
• Businessman Turned Prison Tutor, AARP
• Retiree Lands Bike Tour Job on Venice Beach, AARP
• Retired Teacher Gets Girls Into STEM, AARP
• Another Door
• SCORE
• ADEA

Additional Resources:

• Older Workers: Enhanced Communication among Federal Agencies Could Improve Strategies for Hiring and Retaining Experienced Workers: GAO-09-206
• Prolonged Employment of Older Workers: Determinants of Managers’ Decisions Regarding Hiring, Retention and Training (NiDi Books)
• Read The Desk on Kindle