Seeking employment for a 57 yr old male with PD in ChCh

[molly_234]

My husband is ex army and hasn't had any luck with gaining a part time job despite many applications when he explains he has PD.Is there anyone out there that may be able to help out please.

Many thanks

Molly

[annmariebaird]

I never disclose Parkinsons. None of their business if it doesn't have an affect on performance.

[molly_234 in reply to annmariebaird]

Thank you Anne Marie yes it's limiting and isolating especially when you have to fill out the medical history for jobs.it would be awesome if some one with parkinsons was a manager and gave the PD applicants a go .

[annmariebaird in reply to molly_234]

Perhaps if they require a medical history, they are the wrong employer for your husband. I turned my bookkeeping background into a home-based business where I can choose my hours worked. Is that a possibility for your husband? Companies love hiring subcontractors because they don't have to offer benefits.

[october61]

Dear Molly_234,

Forgive my ignorance, what is ChCh?

Sorry,

Paul Cook

[molly_234 in reply to october61]

It stands for Christchurch In New Zealand and thanks for replying

[october61 in reply to molly_234]

Dear molly_234,

Thank you for your message regarding ChCh (Christchurch).

I have a movement disorder and have been unable to find work, a few of my friends are in the same boat. The employment market is difficult now with opportunities few and far between.

Keep trying,

Take care,

Paul Cook

[12stargate]

molly_234

How far advanced is his PD?

Shouldd he be working?

[molly_234 in reply to 12stargate]

Thank you for replying his symptoms are variable and would benefit his morale if he was able to get part time work .

[Beckey]

Molly, whereabouts are you located? And what kind of work is your husband looking for? Does he need a job that comes with health and other benefits?

I was laid off from my job as a news reporter at 56 along with several other people following the collapse of the newspaper business. No surprise, papers were cutting everyone with any seniority despite their skill because we were earning more than they wanted to pay. Now at most papers you've got a skeleton crew of entry-level people.

When layoffs hit, I'd never seen so many grown men cry. It's very tough for a man to go from being the big dad, the breadwinner, to feeling, as one man told me, "lost in space."

I started a chapter of our union specifically for freelancers because most of the newly unemployed wanted very much to keep working, although they could not find permanent employment (partly due to agism -- it's tough job-hunting in your 50s!). There are ways to make freelancing work -- moreso outside the journalism field than in. And as AnnMarie said, companies like hiring people freelance or part time (less than 20 hours a week) as they don't have to provide benefits.

If he asked me, I'd suggest that he make it a point to tell everyone he knows -- people with whom he served, for instance -- that he is looking for regular, part time work. Check the listings on Craigslist.org every day, go to job fairs, and reach out to employers in your area.

[molly_234 in reply to Beckey]

Many thanks for your helpful advice encouragement and we live in Christchurch NZ.

[Beckey in reply to molly_234]

What would your husband like to be doing?

[JohnPepper]

Hi Molly. I live in South Africa, and I just want to tell you that we have such a shortage of neurlogists here that he would be very welcome to come here. I think that having Pd is an advantage, because he knows fiirst hand what it does to patients.

If he is interested then tell me.

John

[molly_234 in reply to JohnPepper]

Thank you John for providing some hope in our predicament as its sad to see your husband feel so helpless when he can't get work to help support us .what kind of work could he get there ?

[vidpro]

If you email me at [e-mail], I will send you info on employment that could help you, this area is in the health field,

[molly_234]

Many heart felt thanx to you

[andyij]

Hi Molly, I suggest some voluntary work, it may lead to something more permanent.

[molly_234]

Thank you