Since the launch of Retired Worker in September of 2003 we have seen the number of employers, active job-seekers and job postings increase year by year. We now have over 25,000 active job-seekers, over 3,000 employers and at any one time over 750 jobs posted on our site.

We have also seen the demographics of older workers change over the years. The results of our most recent job-seeker survey (results will be released on Monday November 12th, 2007) show an increasing number of "baby-boomer" retirees looking to try out their dream jobs, rather than looking for work simply to keep active or for economic reasons.

In four years Retired Worker has become the source for experienced workers in Canada, we look forward to what the next four years will bring.

A new project announced by the federal Government that looks to assist women between 55 and 65 with finding work caught our attention this week. We applaud this effort as a step in the right direction to help people often overlooked when it comes to job-training and work-force entry. We know that older workers offer a great deal of valuable experience that companies need.

QUEBEC CITY, Nov. 8 /CNW Telbec/ - On behalf of The Honourable Josee Verner, Minister of Canadian Heritage, Status of Women and Official Languages, Luc Harvey, Member of Parliament for Louis-Hebert, today announced funding to the Nouveau depart national for a project to assist women aged 55 to 65 with workforce re-entry and adaptation.

Older women entering or re-entering the workforce often face very different issues and challenges from those of younger women and thus require an entirely different set of supports. Funding in the amount of $30,400 will enable the Nouveau depart national to develop a three-part program for 256 women, 55 to 65 years of age, to prepare them for the changing realities of the workplace, to help them cope with transition in their work lives, and to provide them with strategies for overcoming isolation and improving the quality of their lives

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We have selected January 2008 as breast cancer awareness month on Retired Worker. Each year in Canada over 22,000 women in Canada are diagnosed with breast cancer and over 5,000 die from it. This is an issue particularly close to us at Retired Worker because one of our partners had a very close relative pass away from breast cancer in 2001.

Throughout January we will be encouraging all our job-seekers, employers and other visitors to consider making donations to the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation as well as taking preventative measures (screenings etc) that are suitable. We will also be donating a portion of all sales on Retired Worker during the month to the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation.