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Neglected Human Resource
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Posted on Jan 29 2001
The Issue: The lack of training programs for retirees in preparation for life after government (LAG).
Our View: We say one thing and do the exact opposite–neglect the fate of productive retirees.
Since the inception of the NMI retirement program in 1979, we have never heard of a program so designed to assist retirees find new jobs upon retirement. It’s a case of “Sink or Swim”.
Yet, we consistently express the lack of local warm bodies for jobs in the local market. A program that includes both training and subsequent job placement would have gone a long way to resolving this issue. But we have given it nothing more than, well, lip service.
Formulating a training program for prospective retirees would be a gain for both the retiree and the NMI: 1.) Retirees would be given the opportunity to remain productive members of our community. 2.) It gives the NMI greater opportunity to generate additional revenue from new income.
Perhaps the program ought to include how to begin small family businesses using wealth of experiences in carpentry, small plumbing jobs, laying out electrical wires for new or old houses, among others. The opportunity is boundless and should be of great help to putting retirees back to being productive members of this community.
For as long as we say one thing and leave issues to drift endlessly in the sea of mañana, then perhaps it is about time that we begin to “say what we mean and mean what we say”, so to speak. It’s a neglected group that also wishes nothing more than the opportunity to do something good (as they have done in the past) for their community.
It’s time to address this issue as one component of our collective efforts to resolve local labor shortage. It’s right below our nose and it’s up to us to make good on a neglected human resource laden with wealth of experiences. Let’s do something about. Si Yuus Maase`!
