Your Job Temping lures retirees JoAnn Follis, age 63, a keyboard operator for the Tennessee Valley Authority, took early retirement in 1991. That's when she decided to go back to work and signed up with a temporary agency. Today, Follis is employed by Olsten Staffing Services and works two days a week doing office work.
Many older workers feel the same way.
In 1996, according to Bureau of Labor Statistics reports, workers 16 and over entered the labor market at a rate of 0.3 percent. Seniors entered at a rate of 0.7 percent. People are living longer and need money to fill financial gaps of Social Security, but most of our retirees do temp work to be busy and have contact with other people. A lot of people were sliced out of jobs by downsizing and took early retirement. They still needed to feel productive.