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NEWS AND VIEWS - JANUARY 2010
Date: 1/4/2010
Author: Sherry Baker
Here are some articles which really describes where many of our Job Seekers are coming from:
Demand remains for professionals, but salaries are down
"Companies are looking for employees with professional credentials and diverse skill sets." "Companies are also broadening their job descriptions and looking to recruit new employees with a wide knowledge base as lower staff levels require individual employees to fill a variety of roles."
Read more at www.vancouversun.com Saturday, December 26, 2009. Page F4
Redressing retirement
"…over the next five years, changes will have to be made to mitigate a labour shortage". "…the first line of defence will be convincing the boomers not to leave en masse when they begin reaching 65 in 2011."
Read more www.theprovince.com Sunday, December 320, 2009. Page A45
A graying workforce can still be a prosperous one
One of 55pluspros earliest employers to post a job was David Atkinson of Synergy. He wants to hire older workers, and benefit from their experience.
Read more at www.vancouversun.com Monday, December 7, 2009 Page A13
Working for free can pay off
We are all aware of the trend for young people to volunteer as a way to enter the workforce. However, it is just as beneficial for older workers! Besides, it keeps us alert and available and meeting prospective employers. 55pluspros offers opportunities for volunteers to find placements. Be sure to check them out.
Read more at www.vancouversun.com, November 21, 2009 Page J1
Professionals size up job prospects
Those experienced workers who keep abreast of the times will always be in demand – now more than ever. Randy Upright , CEO of Manpower Management Services in Alberta says that meeting the needs and demands of the huge and fast-greying baby-boom generation will present enormous opportunities. He goes on to say that “It is not just in health care, which is often the first thing we think of, but in almost every other area of life that touches them as well. They will need places to live, cars to drive, recreation facilities suited to seniors, new financial products geared to people now living off the wealth they accumulated”
Who better to understand this market than the older worker??
Read more at www.vancouversun.com November 14, 2009 Page E1
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