Comments on: Seniors: Considering a Return to the Workplace? http://marketformebook.com/seniors-considering-a-return-to-the-workplace/ Surviving Job Loss and Building Your Lifetime Career Network Mon, 05 Oct 2009 21:09:05 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: RV http://marketformebook.com/seniors-considering-a-return-to-the-workplace/comment-page-1/#comment-146 RV Mon, 05 Oct 2009 21:09:05 +0000 http://marketformebook.com/seniors-considering-a-return-to-the-workplace/#comment-146 What seniors do not realize is that they have the stuff that youngsters don't- experience! Add to that a strong sense of self preservation that has kept them alive all these years, and the only thing you might be lacking is technology. Well, today's technology, that is. I bet a good number of you can type, and there are still a few instances where a typwriter is needed. There are a lot of legacy systems out there- it doens't matter what you fixed or sold; there will always be something out there that is so obsolete that still needs to work. The youngsters, I've watched them, they are lost. Where do I plug in my USB connector. Serial ports? Floppy disks? Please. For instance, I learned how to retrofit burglar alarm systems before everything went wireless. That was a talent that is largeley gone anymore, because the guys who know how to do it are all moved on. Find your niche- what was your racket- and find a way to make that work for you. These days there are a lot of the old publications posted on the internet because some other old coot like you used to work on them and didn't want to worry about loosing them, or having them fall into peices even with gentle handling. Find that niche, and a kid who can take any new work you need to send them when the old stuff is so far gone it can't work anymore. The kid may need to have whatever parts are left explained to him, as well as the wiring methods, or whatever is particular to your niche. Be prepared to hear the latest euphamism- "legacy" applied to you and what you propose to be the remaining expert in. maybe it's computers, maybe it's radios, maybe it's an old filing system, or an old fire alarm panel. There's plenty of it out there still, and the youngsters would love to just rip it out and start a new one. you know better, and that's worth money. Good luck in your searches! What seniors do not realize is that they have the stuff that youngsters don’t- experience! Add to that a strong sense of self preservation that has kept them alive all these years, and the only thing you might be lacking is technology. Well, today’s technology, that is. I bet a good number of you can type, and there are still a few instances where a typwriter is needed. There are a lot of legacy systems out there- it doens’t matter what you fixed or sold; there will always be something out there that is so obsolete that still needs to work. The youngsters, I’ve watched them, they are lost. Where do I plug in my USB connector. Serial ports? Floppy disks? Please. For instance, I learned how to retrofit burglar alarm systems before everything went wireless. That was a talent that is largeley gone anymore, because the guys who know how to do it are all moved on. Find your niche- what was your racket- and find a way to make that work for you. These days there are a lot of the old publications posted on the internet because some other old coot like you used to work on them and didn’t want to worry about loosing them, or having them fall into peices even with gentle handling. Find that niche, and a kid who can take any new work you need to send them when the old stuff is so far gone it can’t work anymore. The kid may need to have whatever parts are left explained to him, as well as the wiring methods, or whatever is particular to your niche. Be prepared to hear the latest euphamism- “legacy” applied to you and what you propose to be the remaining expert in. maybe it’s computers, maybe it’s radios, maybe it’s an old filing system, or an old fire alarm panel. There’s plenty of it out there still, and the youngsters would love to just rip it out and start a new one. you know better, and that’s worth money.

Good luck in your searches!

]]> By: Art http://marketformebook.com/seniors-considering-a-return-to-the-workplace/comment-page-1/#comment-124 Art Sat, 29 Aug 2009 06:15:57 +0000 http://marketformebook.com/seniors-considering-a-return-to-the-workplace/#comment-124 What seniors do not realize is that they have the stuff that youngsters don't- experience! Add to that a strong sense of self preservation that has kept them alive all these years, and the only thing you might be lacking is technology. Well, today's technology, that is. I bet a good number of you can type, and there are still a few instances where a typwriter is needed. There are a lot of legacy systems out there- it doens't matter what you fixed or sold; there will always be something out there that is so obsolete that still needs to work. The youngsters, I've watched them, they are lost. Where do I plug in my USB connector. Serial ports? Floppy disks? Please. For instance, I learned how to retrofit burglar alarm systems before everything went wireless. That was a talent that is largeley gone anymore, because the guys who know how to do it are all moved on. Find your niche- what was your racket- and find a way to make that work for you. These days there are a lot of the old publications posted on the internet because some other old coot like you used to work on them and didn't want to worry about loosing them, or having them fall into peices even with gentle handling. Find that niche, and a kid who can take any new work you need to send them when the old stuff is so far gone it can't work anymore. The kid may need to have whatever parts are left explained to him, as well as the wiring methods, or whatever is particular to your niche. Be prepared to hear the latest euphamism- "legacy" applied to you and what you propose to be the remaining expert in. maybe it's computers, maybe it's radios, maybe it's an old filing system, or an old fire alarm panel. There's plenty of it out there still, and the youngsters would love to just rip it out and start a new one. you know better, and that's worth money. Good luck in your searches! What seniors do not realize is that they have the stuff that youngsters don’t- experience! Add to that a strong sense of self preservation that has kept them alive all these years, and the only thing you might be lacking is technology. Well, today’s technology, that is. I bet a good number of you can type, and there are still a few instances where a typwriter is needed. There are a lot of legacy systems out there- it doens’t matter what you fixed or sold; there will always be something out there that is so obsolete that still needs to work. The youngsters, I’ve watched them, they are lost. Where do I plug in my USB connector. Serial ports? Floppy disks? Please. For instance, I learned how to retrofit burglar alarm systems before everything went wireless. That was a talent that is largeley gone anymore, because the guys who know how to do it are all moved on. Find your niche- what was your racket- and find a way to make that work for you. These days there are a lot of the old publications posted on the internet because some other old coot like you used to work on them and didn’t want to worry about loosing them, or having them fall into peices even with gentle handling. Find that niche, and a kid who can take any new work you need to send them when the old stuff is so far gone it can’t work anymore. The kid may need to have whatever parts are left explained to him, as well as the wiring methods, or whatever is particular to your niche. Be prepared to hear the latest euphamism- “legacy” applied to you and what you propose to be the remaining expert in. maybe it’s computers, maybe it’s radios, maybe it’s an old filing system, or an old fire alarm panel. There’s plenty of it out there still, and the youngsters would love to just rip it out and start a new one. you know better, and that’s worth money.

Good luck in your searches!

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