What is the best occupation for the elderly?

Old people often run into a wall when looking for a job. Some people say that I graduated from Tsinghua, and I am 58 years old. I worked as a project manager in a foreign-funded enterprise before I retired. Now I want to find another job, but it is difficult to find a position above 5000 yuan. Some elderly people also said that the current career choices are very limited, and they can only choose basic positions such as security and cleaning. There are fewer enterprises that recruit the elderly, and there are fewer jobs with suitable counterparts. So, where is the crux of the employment difficulties for the elderly?

Hu Zhan, vice president of the Institute of Aging at Fudan University, said that the proportion of the elderly population has been stable at 3%-5% for a long time in the long history of human society, so the increase in the number of elderly people and aging today are phenomena in modern society, so we are not prepared enough for this. Many systems of human society, especially the employment system, are designed around young people. We never thought that such a large number of elderly people would enter the employment sequence, so in fact, we were not prepared enough to develop, innovate and seriously think about jobs, industries and occupations suitable for the elderly. On the other hand, the concept of age also needs to be updated, so this may require the whole society to have a consistent value or concept upgrade.

At present, China is rapidly entering an aging society, and the needs of the elderly can not be ignored. A recent survey report on the retirement and re-employment of the elderly in 2022 shows that nearly 70% of the elderly have a strong desire for re-employment after retirement, some because of economic pressure, and some because of seeking personal and social values. In my opinion, this is not a bad thing. It allows the elderly to exert their residual heat and find themselves, while maintaining a sense of being needed by society and families.

So what are the occupations for the re-employment of the elderly? The following occupations are definitely the first choice.

1, although the income of street vendors is average, the requirements for the elderly themselves are not high, and this job is relatively free in time, which can make the elderly less bound. At present, the national policy supports the "street stall economy" and even specializes in street stalls. As a retired old man, we can buy some low-input daily necessities and sell them at the entrance of the community or in the rural market. After my grandmother retired, she set up a stall at the gate of the community to sell vegetables. She can earn 180 yuan a day, and it's interesting to live relaxed and not tired. I sometimes joke that I will join her when I retire.

2. Security guard or doorman or housekeeper is a profession that male elderly people especially like and engage in. There is no rigid standard for this profession except that it requires careful duty on time. And boarding houses are mostly engaged by female elderly people, because they are more cautious and convenient, and it can be said that they are handy to take care of female students. At the same time, the sleep time requirement of the elderly is much lower than that of adults, and both security guards and homestays have a common feature, that is, sleep is not very secure but very light, so it is very suitable for the elderly, and it can even be said that it is tailor-made for them.

3. Intermediaries or matchmakers have rich social experience and contacts, which also gives them enough resources to engage in some promotion, sales and introduction work. It is sometimes relatively easy to sell insurance, promotional items or introduce objects to school-age children. As long as you don't pit, you will definitely have a certain income.

4, technical consultants The elderly are technical consultants. As the name suggests, the premise is to have technology. This occupation is generally suitable for retired technicians engaged in medicine, machinery, maintenance and manufacturing industries. The job of technical consultant is definitely not tiring, that is, selling one's knowledge in order to get a certain return, which is described by a popular word now as "knowledge paying".

5. Part-time teachers in training institutions The premise for the elderly to be part-time teachers in training institutions is that they have professional experience or administrative experience as teachers (the training institutions that take the exam are happy to hire such personnel) or have professional certificates in certain disciplines or even "specialties" (piano, guitar, etc.). ).

The re-employment of the elderly can continue to shine for the society and realize their self-worth, which is undoubtedly a good thing for the country and the people. But at the same time, we also need to grasp a scale, and we should not overmanage the employment space of youth groups.