More information about Skilled People.com

Skilled People.com places jobs into a number of different industry sectors. Members can register their industry preferences, and also conduct their own search for full-time jobs, part-time work, contract-work and self-employed positions within the following categories:

Accountancy jobs, Advertising Marketing; and PR jobs, Agriculture and Countryside jobs, Animal welfare jobs, Arts and Heritage jobs, Banking jobs, Charity jobs, Construction jobs, Consultancy jobs, Domestic Services jobs, Education and Training jobs, Emergency Services jobs, Engineering and Electronics jobs, Entertainment jobs, Environment jobs, Government, Local Government and Public Services jobs, Healthcare and Medical jobs, Health and Beauty jobs, Hotel and Catering jobs, HR and Recruitment jobs, Housing jobs, Insurance, reinsurance and life assurance jobs, Information technology and telecommunications jobs, Legal jobs, Manufacturing jobs, Media jobs, Motor Industry jobs, Personal Finance jobs, Property jobs, Research jobs, Retailing jobs, Sales jobs, Secretarial and administration jobs, Security jobs, Sports and Recreation jobs, Transport, Distribution and Logistics jobs, Travel and Tourism jobs, Utilities, Energy and Natural Resources jobs >.

Jobs for the over 50s , people made redundant or jobs for retired people can be found in any County, Town or Postcode in the UK, or by a keyword search.

Anyone can join, but over 50 jobs is a specialisation of Skilled People.com which focuses on providing established employers and start up businesses in the UK with experienced UK jobseekers – many of whom are over 50, looking for retirement jobs, or jobs for over 60s.

Some members want to work from home; others are looking for self-employed, consultancy or contract work. Many are from the baby boomer generation - fit, experienced and highly skilled.

Completing the jobseeker online registration process will create a CV to impress a potential employer.

Find a job free of charge at Skilled People.com

Employers – established businesses or start-up businesses – can search the database without registering.

For registered employers, Skilled People.com will check the membership database every time a new member joins, and check for any Jobseekers who match jobs they have registered. All job vacancies posted on the Skilled People.com website are placed into industry sectors to ensure that suitable jobseekers are quickly identified.

Employers who choose to recruit staff through Skilled People.com have access to people with a wide range of skills:

Honest, Physically Fit, Flexible, Persuasive, Reliable, Good timekeeper, Familiar with basic computer skills, Good with numbers/figures, Good presenter, Good letter writing skills, Good report writing skills, Good driving record, Able to do several things at once, Able to work without supervision/on own initiative, Always thinking of better ways to do things, Good at coming up with new ideas, Able to solve problems, Good at making decisions, Experienced at managing projects, Good at getting things done, Good organiser, willing to question processes or the way things are done, Good at encouraging others, Experienced at supervising others, Good at managing people, Experienced Team Leader, Experienced Manager, Experienced Director/General Manager, Good at dealing with customers, Experienced at retail sales, Experienced at telesales, Experienced at business to business sales, Good at making and maintaining contacts, Good with people on the phone, Successful negotiator

Employers can advertise a job vacancy so that any visitor to the site can see the details of their job, even if not a registered employer.

At Skilled People.com, start-up businesses can find highly experienced, skilled people from backgrounds such as Finance, Administration, Operations, IT, Sales, Marketing, Public Relations and Customer Services to help grow their business.

The Charges are extremely reasonable

Using Skilled People.com as a recruitment resource will enable employers to provide positive evidence that, in their search for experienced staff, they have actively considered mature people who, before the 2006 age discrimination legislation, may have escaped their radar.

Charges for supplying a candidate who is appointed to a vacancy are extremely economic, as they are based on a flat fee structure– making Skilled People.com the recruitment website of choice for sourcing experienced employees.

Why Employers should use Skilled People.com

To demonstrate compliance with the Age Discrimination legislation, by pro-actively seeking employees from the older age groups.

To target mature experienced people, without falling foul of the “discriminatory descriptive words” being attributed to the legislation

To specifically target people who have the appropriate skill set for a vacancy.

To avoid potential problems with retirement legislation, by employing mature-people on short term fixed contracts.

To reach skilled employees who have valuable practical experience, and can “hit the road running”.

To reach people who are willing to be flexible in terms of working hours, and their terms of engagement.

To reach experienced people who are actively looking for employment –people who actually want to work!

To reach employees who are conscientious, good time keepers, and are able to act as mentors to younger staff.

To search the database of members without the fuss of registering and with anonymity

To post vacancies quickly and efficiently, without the need to meet and brief an agency recruiter face to face

To receive immediate notification if a suitable candidate registers with Skilled People.com, and to be able to make direct contact with them without the involvement of a recruitment agency

To recruit experienced people, without incurring huge agency fees

To quickly access CVs and prospect for the right employees

Skilled People.com enables experienced people, the over 50s, over 60s and retired people to access volunteer workwith charities. – to find voluntary charity work, volunteer work, charity work and volunteer’s jobs.

Charities offer Volunteer-work in the following areas:

Book keeping, Environmental conservation, Animal and wildlife conservation, Building conservation, Driving & Transporting people, Event Organising, Finance and Accounting, Fund Raising, Graphic design & support, Guiding/welcoming at places of interest, Hospital Work, Legal Advice & Support, Marketing, advertising, graphic design, PR, operational management, Marketing, Office, Admin work, Physical work, PR advice & support, Shop Work, Sports & Fitness, Training, Working with animals, Working with disabled people, Working with elderly, Working with teenagers, Working with young children

At Skilled People.com, volunteers will find positions with Charities in the following sectors:

Adult Welfare (eg Victim Support), Animal, Wildlife Welfare, Child Welfare, Elderly Welfare, Cultural & Humanitarian, Disabled Welfare, Education & Training, Environment & Conservation, Health (incl drug and alcohol abuse), Heritage Conservation, Hospital & Hospice, Housing & Homeless, Medical Research, Mobility, Rescue – sea, air, land, Sport & Fitness

Charitable organisations can recruit experienced, conscientious, skilled people who are willing to put their lifetime of experience to good use, full time, part time, at weekends or in the evenings.

A charity volunteer from Skilled People.com will have a range of skills

In summary Skilled People.com is the one stop shop for people with skills and experience who are seeking full time employment, part time jobs, self employment, contract work or voluntary positions.