It builds a support system for people in similar situations. Minimum wage jobs are usually easier to obtain. The higher paying jobs with benefits are more difficult to find, and get, when the job seeker is 50 and over. Call the Senior Employment Program at 267-1771 for more information. The next category is retired, claiming retirement benefits and still employed to supplement income or for some other reason.
Considerations are different now.
The Social Security regulations state income guidelines. You can only make so much money from a paycheck before your Social Security check starts getting smaller. There is a program to help with supplementation, too. The Senior Companion Program offers those 60 and over the opportunity to earn a stipend that does not effect social security benefits, you need only report it for taxes. It is funded by the government and Riverside Health Systems and has been around for about 25 years.