Second Career for Senior Citizens

Second career for Senior Citizens. A portal by Dignity Foundation and ICICI Prudential Life Insurance.

India’s 80 million Senior Citizens have a reason to cheer. Recently, the Dignity Foundation, in partnership with ICICI Prudential Life Insurance launched an exclusive portal ,
www.dignitysecondcareers.org
meant to be the first job portal for the senior citizens. The initiative makes immense sense in the age of increased longevity and rising aspirations, and given the store house of knowledge and experience many retired citizens possess. According to founder President of the Dignity Foundation Sheilu Sreenivasan, a post-retirement second career is usually meant for being meaningfully occupied rather tha just making money. Hence the portal encourages retirees and individuals in the 50-plus segment to lead a more holistic and active post-retirement life, by providing them a platform to explore opportunities that would enable them to utilize their expertise and skills. Second career options are available for both part-time and full time jobs in the Corporate sector as well as in the NGO segment. Those interested can register themselves for a small fee and submit a detailed resume. The portal also offers 40 hour basic course in using Computers at different places { Bombay, Delhi, Chennai, Bangalore, Kolkatta, and Visakhapatnam}. In addition, there are two-day workshops for inculcating soft-skills among aspirants for the second careers.

( copied from BUSINESS INDIA, Nov 30, 2008 )