Friday, July 12, 2013

Going in Circles in my Job Search

Wow! this is frustrating. All of my passions seem geared to being self-employed and independent. So I think, read, and think some more. Every time I read about a job opening in the field of health and wellness, even jobs that seem to be what I am looking for, have this heavy feeling about it, rather than a feeling of goodness. There is just something about job searching at age 59 that just doesn't feel good. I have a friend who is 60. Even though he has a master's degree, he too is looking for employment. He found a part-time job as a census taker and has ended up with so few assignments, he is hardly making anything. Another man I know is retired at 61, barely surviving. He writes, "no one wants to hire an old man." He too has a college education but was forced into early retirement at age 59.

We seniors all read in job descriptions that a company does not discriminate in regard to age, but we do not believe it. How are there so many college educated seniors who can't find work if their age doesn't matter. Plus, we are seniors who do not qualify for social security yet. As the old saying goes, "We're between a rock and a hard place."

Emma Faye
My job search diary

Sunday, July 7, 2013

Wellness jobs clear across the country

When searching for jobs today, I did find a few jobs related to wellness. The problem is they are part-time or as-needed position that are clear across the country from me. One part-time job was in Kansas and a PRN (as-needed) job was in Washington D.C. I am okay with moving to another state, but I certainly can't afford to move across the country for a part-time job that allows 10 - 15 hours a week. Absolutely nothing is coming up in cities that are near me. For that matter, I can find nothing available that fits my qualifications in the entire state of Florida. This is getting ridiculous.

Emma Faye
My job search diary

Tuesday, July 2, 2013

Wellness Specialist for a corporate employee wellness program

I received an email from Indeed.com today with links to numerous available jobs. The search words that I use are health and wellness. There is a lot of stuff that seems to fall under those words. One of the jobs was for a kick-boxing instructor. Well, I don't kick-box, so obviously I can't apply for that. My master's degree is in Psychology of Health & Wellness, not kick-boxing. Another job was for a bi-lingual health coach that is also an RN. Well, I am not an RN, so I don't qualify for that. However, there were a couple of jobs that I did have the education for. One was for a wellness specialist in a corporate wellness program. So I uploaded my resume and cover letter and proceeded to fill in the online application. I did receive an email confirmation that they had received my application.

I keep thinking if I do enough of these, something will open up for me. In the mean time, I continue to write and work on small projects that bring in a small income.

Emma Faye
My job search diary