By Raymond Angus

Potential jobs for senior citizens are everywhere you can imagine. All you have to do is think outside the box.

What in the world does that mean? It means you have to be creative in sizing up a prospective employer. You have to let your imagination run freely and not limit yourself to presumed limitations.

When you pack material into a cardboard box, you are limited in what will fit into it. Your thinking can be restricted to narrow expectations also.

Don’t confine yourself to classified advertising in the local newspaper when you are seeking out jobs for senior citizens!

Turn your imagination loose and allow it to run freely. If you are hunting for jobs for seniors then you are probably scratching your head as to where to begin.

We’re talking about solid employment now! Not just a way to fill the hours from sunrise to sunset. You don’t just want to while away the time wishing for more fulfillment in your life and an increase of monetary income.

What is your motivation? Are you scared stiff about the vulnerability of Medicare and overall healthcare so much so that it is cutting into your sleep?

Do you spend a lot of time pondering about shrinking Social Security benefits and the runaway cost of living?

Most of allare you wondering right now what in the world you can offer an employer to hire you? Are you quizzing yourself about what skills you have that would convince a business to offer you a job over anybody else?

Now own up to it! Aren’t these some of the worries you hammer yourself with from time to time?

Well, I’ll let you in on the answer to these questions!

Did you know that you have something of such immense value that empires have been lost for the lack of it?

Wars have been fought because it was never in evidence, and lives have been sacrificed because it was not taken into account in the planning of actions.

You are the repository of solid, hands on, well earned insightful experience! You probably suspect this fact already, but do you have any idea of its value in the modern workplace?

Jobs for senior citizens are being created everyday and everywhere! The problem is, they aren’t recognized and they aren’t being advertised.

You need imagination to think out of the box to see the possibilities!

For example, the local bank has them, so does the hardware store across the street, the advertising firm downtown, the automobile dealership at the mall, the legal firm a mile up the street, the manufacturing company in the next blockand the list goes on.

How about a business that was forced to shift gears in production of an in-house designed product. What if it lacks employees capable of understanding and adapting the necessary changes of activities on almost a moments notice?

Do you think you could handle that problem because something similar to it happened in your own past work experience?

This is just one of the many jobs for senior citizens that are born every day in our fast changing modern workplace.

What if a large retail store deemed it necessary to stave off bankruptcy by shifting its sales focus into a brand new line of goods.

But what if it didn’t have employees on staff possessing the experience vital to changing their presentations?

What if the staff didn’t understand the usage of the new products?

Could you excel in this situation because you went through, read about, or studied almost the same exact problem?

Did you ever hear about the small sales office in the Midwest that found itself suddenly in the wonderful position of gaining a massive increase of business?

The production staff was inundated, and their outdated techniques and computer equipment became virtually useless overnight?

A senior citizen in a nearby retirement home read about it in the newspaper. He picked up the phone and called the president of the company and offered to show him the way out.

That senior, and several of his friends at the same retirement home, both men and women, had spent their business lives in sales and office procedures. They guided the company through the design of a new computer program and system.

The company’s president hired every one them on the spot, full time!

Do you realize that those are not rare events? Situations like this happen somewhere almost every day in this massive and changing economy we live in.

Decide now the type of employment you want! List your experiences and training on a sheet of paper.

Keep an eagle eye on what is going on in organizations all around you. Use your imagination and by all means think outside the box.

When you come across potential jobs for senior citizens that are tailor made for you and your experience and skills, move on it!

A major league baseball player only has to get a safe hit three times out of ten at batsand he is acclaimed a superstar.

Believe in your real value, and become your own superstar!

About the Author: Raymond Angus is a widely published author who has spent fifty years writing for, and about, major corporations, professionals, and celebrities. His website, TheSeniorsLife.com highlights why seniors are a natural resource and treasure that has long been overlooked. Learn why seniors experiences and skills are now much sought after by business and society today. Visit

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