• Quintessential Careers has a comprehensive listing (www.quintcareers.com/mature—jobseekers.html) of job and career resources for mature and older job-seekers.

• Senior Helpers (www.seniorhelpers.com) with offices in 230 U.S. cities, hires many older workers to provide in-home personal and companion care for seniors. Caregivers' services include help with housework, meal preparation, errands, transportation, medication reminders and Alzheimer's care. The pay is $8-$12 per hour; most work an average of about 20 hours per week.

• Senior Job Bank (www.seniorjobbank.org) is a site where job-seekers age 50 and up can search for jobs by category, industry or location, post resumes and register for a job-search agent.

• Seniors4Hire.org is another nationwide online career center and job bank with openings posted by businesses actively recruiting the 50-and-over population. Also includes targeted career resources and articles for older workers.

• WiserWorker.com enables baby boomers and older workers to search for job listings by keyword or location and provides career articles and resources plus listings of local job fairs across the country.

• YourEncore (www.yourencore.com) seeks to match retired engineers and scientists with companies that need to meet a capacity surge or fill a short-term need, with clients that include Fortune 500 firms such as Boeing, Eli Lilly and Procter & Gamble. The retirees sometimes are brought in as temporary mentors for new hires.

SOURCE: Associated Press