52 The Lawns, Home of Hackney Silver Surfers.

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Are you an unemployed older person trying to get back into work?

We have arranged another series of workshops – starting Wednesday 10 March – for older people (50+) who are either

• Currently unemployed, and actively looking (or at least hoping) for work or training opportunities.
• In employment, but worried about your prospects in the near future.

The tutor will be Crystal Butler from the Hackney Learning Trust. The venue will be 52 The Lawns. Here are the workshop dates, times and topics …

• Wednesday 10 March, 3 to 5 pm. Making your CV employer-friendly.
• Thursday 18 March, 10.30 am to 12.30 pm. Online applications.
• Tuesday 23 March, 3 to 5 pm. Online course and education information.

For more information, or to apply for a workshop place, please contact Sadia Hussain …

• Phone: 020 7254 2183 .
• Email: SadiaHussain@ageconcernhackney.org.uk .

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Are you looking to get back into employment and want to develop your work skills?

• Are you unemployed and looking for work?
• Would you like to update your skills and gain a Level 1 qualification?
• Would you like to have a chance to volunteer during the Olympic and Paralympic Games in 2012?

Come and join Age Concern Hackney’s Personal Best Programme — a 12 week course (Mondays and Wednesdays) starting soon.

What’s it all about?

The training involves classroom learning, visits to community projects and a volunteer placement where you can put your new skills to practice. All of which can be added to your CV and help in your search for employment.

The course covers …

• Understanding effective customer relations.
• Understanding equality and diversity.
• Developing team and interpersonal skills.
• Emergency and basic fire awareness.
• Public safety awareness.
• Conflict resolution in a public setting.
• Volunteering and the Olympics.
• Preparing for, and reflecting on a volunteer placement.

Be part of the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

70,000 volunteers will be involved in the organising of the Games in 2012. All participants that complete the Personal Best program will be guaranteed an interview to become a volunteer at the Games. Be the envy of your friends and family — get a head start at your chance of being part of London’s 2012 Olympic Games!

Dates and times.

• The course began Monday 1 February.
• Then every Monday and Wednesday for 12 weeks.
• Times: Monday 10.30 am - 1.30 pm, Wednesday 10.30 am - 3.30 pm.

What to do next.

For more information about future Personal Best courses, contact Sadia: 0207 241 5902 or by email: sadiahussain@ageconcernhackney.org.uk.

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A  new Monday morning Hackney Zoomers course.

The course is for people who are

• unemployed,
• or working part time up to 15 hours each week,
• or retired.

The main aim of the course is to provide practical help to people who are either actively looking for work now, or who think they might do so in the future (including people who are considering self employment).

• Course title: ‘Internet for job seekers over 50’.
• Date & times: 5 Monday mornings, 16 November to 14 December, 10 am – 1 pm.

Job seekers with little or no Internet knowledge are seriously disadvantaged.  They are often expected to do things they have never been shown how to do, for example …

• Find websites of which they have only partial knowledge or understanding.
• Use a web search engine.
• Navigate a complex website.
• Register with an email address and password.
• Fill in a sequential web form.
• Edit personal statements.
• Download documents they do not know how to open.
• Attach documents of their own to a job application.

If you are in that situation, we would like to hear from you. In 5 sessions we can’t make you an Internet expert – but we might be able to help you get closer to the job you want.

As with all Hackney Silver Surfers activities, there is no charge for this course.

Places on the course are limited so if you are interested, please contact us to book a place as soon as possible …

• by writing to Hackney Zoomers (52 The Lawns, Matthias Road, N16 8QD)
• or by email to hss@lawns.org.uk
• or by phoning 020 7254 2183 (speak to Rick Crust, tutor for the course).

By the way — you do not have to be a Hackney resident to join this course. Residents of other London boroughs are welcome.

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Our Employment resources page is a list of links to websites offering help, advice, information — and even jobs — to unemployed older people.

It’s a follow-up to the pilot employment workshop on 22 June 2009.

'Applying for a job' clip art.

Are you an unemployed older person trying to get back into work?

We are planning a series of workshops – starting Monday 22 June – for older people (50+) who are either

• Currently unemployed, and actively looking (or at least hoping) for work or training opportunities.
• In employment, but worried about your prospects in the near future.

The workshops will focus on using IT (including email, World Wide Web, and word-processing) to search for and apply for jobs — but they will not be IT training sessions. The primary aim will be simply to help you do the things you need to do, so that your opportunities will be as good as anyone else who has more advanced IT skills.

We think the workshops will be especially suitable for people who are applying for jobs that do not require IT skills – ie: IT is not part of the job description. If you are like that, you just need to find vacancies, and then apply for them. Beyond that, there should be no IT obstacle, except perhaps replying to emails that your prospective employer might send you.

It will all be about practical help — we will help you do the job search you already know you want to do, fill in the online application form you have already found, make sure that you have a working email address for employers to respond to.

If you need to improve your IT skills because you are looking for work that involves computers, you will be welcome, of course. We hope we can find a solution for you too.

The workshops will be held at The Lawns, but will not be part of the general Hackney Silver Surfers program.

The first (pilot) workshop will take place on Monday 22 June, 10.30 am - 1.30 pm (but we should be able to do some preliminary work before then).

If you are interested in joining this group, please contact Rick Crust …

• Age Concern Hackney, 52 The Lawns, Matthias Road, London N16 8QD.
• Phone: 020 7254 2183 .
• Email: hss@lawns.org.uk .