Part time jobs for over fifties

martinthebandit

To be honest (as someone who is over 50 himself) don't limit yourself to any particular field, I would be very surprised if someone over 50 could not tailor his CV to fit a broad range of jobs.

I know I can, which is why I have ended up working as a scarecrow




OK, official title is a Bird Control Operator, but its really a modern version of a scarecrow

Mistral001

t0rt0ise wrote: »

Google search RSA Word Processing and Text Processing qualifications. Word and Text are slightly different. They are in stages I, II and III. You'd need II at least but they are very easy exams to do. I got stage III with distinction in them and at the time I was still thinking about each letter as I typed. Later with more practise I got to typing properly without thinking. It does take time though. I'm now learning piano which is the same process.. although much, much slower.. sigh.

Thanks tortoise. I might just follow that up.

life_in_termoil

alison.com do a touch typing skills course (free) along with free courses on Office 2003, and also individual courses on EXCEL/ POWERPOINT/ WORD etc All you do is register

t0rt0ise

Touch typing will get you secretarial jobs. Admin jobs prefer the ECDL or CLAIT which I forgot about. Many colleges offer ECDL at evening classes and it is very basic computer stuff which you could whip through in quick time.

Mistral001

life_in_termoil wrote: »

alison.com do a touch typing skills course (free) along with free courses on Office 2003, and also individual courses on EXCEL/ POWERPOINT/ WORD etc All you do is register

That alison.com seems very good, not only for touch typing but losts of things. Thanks.

t0rt0ise wrote: »

Touch typing will get you secretarial jobs. Admin jobs prefer the ECDL or CLAIT which I forgot about. Many colleges offer ECDL at evening classes and it is very basic computer stuff which you could whip through in quick time.

Good information there. Thanks

thefishdude

deffinatly dont sell yourself short at your age you offer a wealth of experience in many different things you will have done in the past. i also think ( not wanting to sound like stereotyping) that older staff seem to bring a different work ethic to the job place compared to younger staff.

look everywere and think outside the box lots of work skills are transferable. i worked in insurance for 15 years and a corner shop for 2 years part time. and now i take peoples blood as part of a blood donor team. and i love it

xbrenx

martinthebandit wrote: »

To be honest (as someone who is over 50 himself) don't limit yourself to any particular field, I would be very surprised if someone over 50 could not tailor his CV to fit a broad range of jobs.

I know I can, which is why I have ended up working as a scarecrow

OK, official title is a Bird Control Operator, but its really a modern version of a scarecrow

And so much more fun to call yourself a scarecrow! :T:rotfl: