Searching for work over 60

Thank you for your comments. Experience is definitely overlooked nowadays.

If you are qualified and in other circumstances good for the role, then it is definitely your age. Many employers no longer appreciate the years of experience you can bring to a position. You'll just have to keep trying.

Garden Centres also look for seasonal staff.

Personally, I’d be tempted to apply for seasonal work……..superstores are recruiting now. I appreciate that this might not be your ‘ideal’ but it is a step on the employment ladder, might lead to a further opening within a company and at least you’ll have some income.

I have two friends who lost their job during COVID. One can’t get a job, even though she is qualified up to the hilt. The other friend is now ill but wants a part time job of any kind, but at 63, both deemed too old.
Good luck with your job search

I am now applying for anything. I have applied for 50 jobs in the last month. Only a couple of companies have responded. I have lots of transferable skills and not afraid of hard work. I am also looking for temporary work signing onto agencies as we speak.

It does knock oneself confidence and is making me feel redundant.

Thank you for all your responses 💐

One of my friends is 59 and having lost two jobs can't get another -except for temping work.
As for me,I'm always being asked to help or volunteer.
An art teacher has repeatedly contacted me as she appreciates my help in her class .
She is not the first one.
But I'd like to be paid for my services !
Last time,I took the bull by the horns and asked for a salary .
I haven't heard from her for months .

Hope you find something soon- keep trying, the jobs you went for weren't meant for you.

Maybe widen the scope of the jobs you apply for, if what you want is just a job of some kind? Type of job, hours you are prepared to work, salary you would accept.

Age is a big factor in particular kinds of jobs, there is no doubt.

The other lame excuse they give is "not the kind of team player we're looking for". What the hell does that mean?

I was made redundant in my 50s and did a postgraduate degree which sent me in a brand new direction.
Further study was so exciting!

Is there something new you'd like to learn (with a view to a job later mayb?

Is there something you love doing that you could convert into a job maybe? (I did see you can't do what you are skilled at if working for yourself).

Alternatively, could you work from home? There seem to be quite a few jobs that are working from home.
Not your ordinary skill set maybe.

Good question Rainbow. I have a SIL mid 50s who is looking for work but is apparently over qualified.
Not sure if you are a teacher or nurse but could you get private work or try an agency?
Good luck

I can’t work for myself I am afraid and yes totally understand other comments made thank you.

I don’t know what I can do but keep trying! Someone else I met recently who is a year older than me did say they had been looking for work for six months and yet to receive an offer I am talking about a qualified nurse and teacher.

How is the government potentially thinking of upping retirement age and pensions when this is happening.

My impression is it’s your age, they know you will only be with them a short while and are probably paying less to younger people
That’s how my job went when I got to 68/9 they had a younger much cheaper alternative although they had previously told me they were happy for me to stay on as long as I was good and able at my job which I was
Sent me really down the rabbit hole for a little while

Can you work for yourself?
I think some people are intimated by having to manage someone older and more experienced.

I don't know what your skills are but think you could at least explore this.
Good luck.