Parents both about to be made redundant!

jbbonce

My mum and stepdad work in the same place, an off licence, and are both about to be made redundant, although they don't hold out much hope for any redundancy money as they think they will be offered jobs elsewhere that they cannot possibly take as neither of them drive and they would have to get a minimum of two buses to work for minimum wage.

Does anyone have any advice I can pass onto them? They are expecting to struggle looking for work as they are both in the 'afternoon' of life, my stepdad is late forties and my mum is late 50's. I think B&Q employ older people but does anyone else?

They are the most hardworking people you could ever wish to meet and their jobs are such a big part of their lives, that i am really worried about them.
They both taught themselves how to use a computer in just a couple of weeks so they are obviously capable of learning new skills if anyone would give them a chance.

I am quite worried also because they same thing happened to my mother in law who was just a bit older and she wasn't able to get another job and has been in a decline because of it.

seven-day-weekend

I went back to work full-time at 46. It is possible (and in fact it is illegal to discriminate on age now).

People like as you say, Band Q, your local Council, hospital, most public services in fact, will happily employ older people.

They must have loads of skills after having run an off-licence. If they are not used to writing a CV, the Jobcentre will help them. Fill in any application forms mentioning these skills, such as comfortable with working with money, good customer services, able to proiritise , can work under pressure and to deadlines etc etc.

Much of it is to do with promoting yourself and showing the prospective employer that you have plenty of skills that will be of use in their company.

Good luck!