Employment

Everyone is the same age on the inside.
- Gertrude Stein

Senior Services has been serving Seniors 55 and over since 1968. It was founded to address the age discrimination taking place in area businesses. SSA observed that in layoffs, the higher paid senior was often "the first to go" and the most likely to encounter discrimination when seeking employment.

SSA's goal is to ensure that seniors with skills, experience, knowledge, and the desire to work are afforded opportunities to do so through employment counseling and referral to interested employers.

Seniors seek employment for various reasons, most often financial ones. Other reasons can be a desire to switch careers, "get out of the house," supplement their income to pay for newly emerging needs, and very often, to simply continue to contribute in the workplace.

Our experienced counselors are sensitive to the special needs and concerns of those over 55. They are adept at matching the skills and interests of these applicants with the requirements of employers--for full or part-time jobs.

Senior Services has something to offer every mature worker, including:

• Flexible work options--full time, part time, job sharing, temporary, and seasonal
• Increased self-sufficiency, self-worth, and independence
• Opportunities to contribute years of experience and "know-how"
• Career counseling and guidance

Our services are available to you at no charge. You can call us at (703) 836-4414, ext. 13 to schedule an appointment with the Employment Counselor. [If you seek employment as an in-home assistant or chore worker, you must bring two forms of identification, one of which must include a photograph (driver’s license, passport picture). Applicants will be required to have TB test and Criminal Records background check every year.

For Employers

You have a job opening. You need to find a qualified individual. You would like to reduce hiring costs. You would like to reduce turnover.

You need Senior Services. We have been serving as a catalyst for employers and older Alexandrian's since 1968. Our non-profit organization has had the satisfaction of filling over 400 jobs a year.

There's a difference we offer -- and a difference you will like.

In other words, people who know how to work and want to work.

Older workers are often overlooked. They are therefore underutilized. SSA understands what employers need and finds mature, skilled, dependable, polished, committed candidates to fill those important positions.

Because today's employer finds that some younger employees do not offer the work habits the employer needs, finding and hiring a capable, qualified senior is a logical thing to do.

Older Workers = Maturity and Dependability and Skills and Experience and Accountability and Results

Let SSA help you find the right person for the Job. Call SSA at 703.836.4414 ext. 13. Tell us what you're looking for. We can help. And even better - It's free.