When I know fulfills the retirement age, charge one pension It often represents the only source of income. And sometimes this amount is not enough to cover the day to day: the High inflation or having to help children the children suppose in many cases consider returning to work. Even more when you have no pension plan that can complement the Social Security provision. Something that happened to Linda Booth from Morley, who has returned to the labor market at 64.
A beneficial organization was the one who informed her that she was going to celebrate an employment fair in her city, thanks to the one she got her current job, as an apprentice. In the BBC, Morley explains that he has decided to reinvent himself and has begun again with a training contract. UK Hulk and East Yorkshire, Two of these entities participating in the Employment Fair have said that daily they have to advise Dozens of people between 50 and 65.
By meeting Booth, the first thing that caught their attention was their story. He was fired by his boss but did not lose the desire to work. When he entered the office, he told them “age should not matter, recover your trust, request employment and you will feel much better.”
Administrative apprentice at a business school
The new Linda Booth job is from an apprentice of Administrative In a business school. Something he had not done before but that, at 64, involves starting a new stage. Once he realized that the pension he was going to collect was not enough to enjoy a quiet retirement and that he wanted to save to cover unforeseen events, he decided to go to an employment fair.
There, many companies They collected the candidate curriculumand in some cases they did work interviews. When he postulated to several positions it was not optimistic. I thought that, because of their age, they were not going to call her because they surely looked for someone younger.
“They told me that any person of any age could opt for employment,” he said in the BBC interview. “It’s about whether you feel that you can do the job, your attitude towards him and at that time I thought I was going to learn and excited myself.”
“Older people should not be afraid to start a new job”
Noel Johnson, the executive director of the company where Linda works, Springfield Training Ltd, also wanted to explain to the English environment his sensations against the new employee. “It has been one Perfect piece for our teamat 64 he gives us positivity, kindness and above all, much love for learning. ”
Older people “shouldn’t be afraid to learn something new.” An affirmation that shares Linda, for whom the good news is that “more employers are open to hire Senior.”
“Surely they think they can’t do the job because they haven’t done it before. And I thought that at first but you always learn new skills. ” On the return to the labor market at the doors of retirement, Johnson is very clear: “We must give older people the option to continue working. Not all templates have to be formed by young people. ”
Retirees choose to work again for the cost of life
The situation of Linda is not something exceptional. More and more people must return to work because pensions are not enough. Although this in Spain does not go through the Public Pension Systemin other countries such as England or the United States it is common.
For Haynes, director of AGE UK and EAST Yorkshire, the company that selected Linda at the Employment Fair, points out that the main reason why the elderly decide to return to work and collect a salary instead of the pension is for the pressure financial
“We are seeing, in the term of people who ask us for help because they are young to retire and still do not have access to their pension funds, as in other people who have retired but cannot afford to be without working.”
A third of people who are between 50 and 70 years old are at a disadvantage to opt for jobs. And the main reason, according to them, is their age, added to the fact that they do not have the necessary training updates to achieve professional competences.