What types of jobs do you consider good for someone over 50 -70 years

[InfuseMe1]

maybe a hobby that you can sell on etsy or doing surveys...   

[Jayce2013]

definitely a job where they don't have to stand for too many hours, as that is hard for younger people too...
something that is not too hard and not too tiring... (easy uh?)

something like a call center experience maybe

[darkxtsuna]

Sewing companies, they just sit and sew cloths or just fold stuff most of the time easy on the body.

[gtdoss]

I've also seen senior citizens working as Walmart greeters and in McDonald's. That seems like a lot of standing for an older person to me. I think a lot of them would probably like a job doing online work if they knew about it. But some older folks like the physical activity because it keeps them young.

[countrygirl12]

I have always seen people over 50- 70 years old working but never give any thought of what types of jobs would be ideal for them? I just assume that people work because they have to take what they can get and others enjoy what they do.

Any type of work would be ideal for them.  50 is not that old.  I know people who are 70 and working.  Heck I will likely have to work 3 weeks past when I die.  I think most people take what they can get as far as a job.  I hate my current job.  I use to like it but circumstances are causing me to dislike it more and more.  But the pay is good so until something changes I will continue to work there.

[sfreeman8]

I wish I was still working. So does my husband. We both were self-employed and doing decently until he had a run of bad luck with his health at 59. He was hospitalized during the busiest season of the year and never really came back from that even though he worked until he was  66 and still would be working except for the federal doctor who thought being on warfarin was a problem and shut him down (Tri-axle dump in construction). Then at 60, I lost my 'employee" job, but was still doing fine with my private clients until I had my own health problem  and was hospitalized for 3 weeks. Everything came crashing down and had to give up my private clients. Neither of us were, and still aren't, ready to slow down but neither of us can find a normal job. We finally gave up at age 66. Now I do FC and a couple other sites, but only make peanuts, and he makes things from metal (he enjoys it) and fixes lawnmowers and tractors for his friends. He's so talented. Me? I love the computer, had my own since 1985 and worked from home since 1988  in respectable jobs.

[nannycoe1]

I would say whatever their health allows them to do, I can't walk or stand for very long.

[adriarobi]

I am doing ok with surveys etc, though not terrific.

I am 74. I am not ill or disabled, but have some health issues and life issues that make it difficult to work a regular job (like night-blind, old car, my pkg lot at my apt building never gets cleared or salted enough etc).

This has been a great month for me with cashouts and the timing of that is perfect.

We do what we can, when we can, where we can. It is a very personal selection.

 

[bleyd]

Depends on what you can and want to do.  Companies in fast food and retail is always hiring. Or, try a temp agency.

[dwiley11]

as long as they can physicaly handle it, any

[fillfran82]

I have always seen people over 50- 70 years old working but never give any thought of what types of jobs would be ideal for them? I just assume that people work because they have to take what they can get and others enjoy what they do.

Hello!

I think only the individual can answer that. We all are different and capable of different things base on how we lived our life. For me I don't ever plan to retire as I want to work in my business right until I take my last breath. I believe the ideal job won't be like a job at all, it would more like be a hobby that you are getting paid for. I believe loving what you do is a most as most of us spend most of our life working, love your life enough to live it!