4. Rent A Grandma
Cost: $25 registration fee
This one isn’t really a job search website but rather a gig work opportunity for older women. If you’re looking to earn money through providing babysitting, nannying, pet-sitting or other similar services, this website (also available as an app) connects with you directly with families who may hire you.
The company uses part of the $25 registration fee to do a background check of “grandmas” who want to get work through the site. Once the site approves someone, the worker and the family interested in hiring them negotiate their own fees and hours.
5. RetiredBrains
Cost: Free
On this website, you start your job search by clicking on a button for full-time jobs, part-time jobs, warehouse jobs or hourly jobs. That choice then takes you to a results page on the Jobs2Careers website, where you can further narrow your choices based on where you live or what level of employment you’re seeking (entry, senior, executive, etc.)
The articles and tips available through the main RetiredBrains job search feature offer useful information that can help you figure out what type of work fits your situation and how to best compete successfully for openings. The tips range from advice on how to find seasonal jobs to how to prepare for a variety of work-from-home jobs.
6. RetirementJobs
Cost: Free or $99 for a premium one-year membership
If you’re looking for a job, earning money is probably your main goal, of course. But this website does offer an interesting filter that lets you look for volunteer opportunities in your community. For example, a search in the District of Columbia region turned up a health care center looking for volunteers to drive older adults to medical and therapy appointments.
Otherwise, RetirementJobs primarily lets you search by zip code, with filters that let you see which openings are for part-time positions or other criteria. The premium membership includes a resume critique, access to webinars about job searching, and other resources.
7. Seniors4Hire
Cost: Free
Before you can search for jobs or post your resume on Seniors4Hire, you do have to set up a free account, with basically just your name, email address, and a password you create for that website.
This site pulls most of its job postings from ZipRecruiter, so you may see some overlap if you use both job boards. There is one key difference, however. Seniors4Hire offers companies that post jobs on that website a resume-matching service. If you post your resume on Seniors4Hire and it fits the skills for a new job opening, Seniors4Hire will notify you to find out if you’re interested in applying.
8. Work at Home Vintage Experts
Cost: Free
If you have a background in accounting, human resources, insurance or other related fields, this website can help you get hired for remote-work contract positions nationwide.
WAHVE, in essence, is a matchmaking service. Instead of browsing through a list of job postings, you start by creating a short profile followed by an application and a screening. Once the experts at WAHVE have figured out what type of work you’re seeking, they go through their list of available employment opportunities to find a position that might suit you. If both you and the employer agree that it’s a match, you — and your “vintage” skills — are hired.
9. Workforce50
Cost: Free
The first step in looking for a job on this website is to click on the name of the state where you want to work. Once you’ve done that, you’ll want to look at the job postings listed at the top of the screen with the heading “Workforce50 Direct Listings.” Because the employer chose to post the opening on this site, it’s a good sign that they welcome applications from people age 50 and older. If you don’t see that heading, it means employers haven’t directly posted any openings at that time.
If you scroll down below the direct listings section, you’ll see other job openings that are pulled in from websites such as ZipRecruiter and Monster.com.
Kenneth Terrell covers employment, age discrimination, work and jobs, careers, and the federal government for AARP. He previously worked for the Education Writers Association and U.S. News & World Report, where he reported on government and politics, business, education, science and technology, and lifestyle news.
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