Help Wanted
Surveys show that many young baby boomers plan to work beyond the traditional retirement age of 65. A majority say that even in retirement, they expect to work part time or to cycle back and forth between the workplace and leisure. Some want to do this just to stay active. Others need the money. But are there companies out there looking to hire 60- and 70-year-olds? In an effort to match up older Americans looking for work and companies looking for experienced hands, AARP has launched a new job page on its website. By clicking on www.aarp.org/featuredemployers, you will find a list of 13 major companies that have job openings and have expressed an interest in recruiting older workers. Among them: Home Depot, MetLife, Pitney Bowes, Universal Health Services, and Walgreens. Emily Allen, director of AARP's workforce initiative, says that by October, 10 additional large employers should be added to the list.
This story appears in the June 13, 2005 print edition of U.S. News & World Report.