Rent-A-Grandma Focuses on Hiring Older Workers
October 21, 2011
As the United States struggles with a high unemployment rate, many older Americans looking for work say it is especially difficult for them to find employment because of their age. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, it takes unemployed people who are 55 and older longer to find work than younger people. But one company, recently started by a former teacher, is looking specifically for older female employees
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Finding child care can be stressful for many parents who do not have trusted relatives, especially grandmothers close by to help.
Anna Marie Caldwell did the next best thing. She rented a grandmother to care for her three girls when she is not home.
“She was part of the family; she was helping out cooking, cleaning; helping with homework; playing with the kids,” explained Caldwell.
She found Jane Mertes through
Rent-A-Grandma.
For Mertes, caring for children is more than just a job.
“When you work with children, you have a responsibility and an obligation to make a difference in their lives," she said. "And maybe teach them something that their parents didn’t know or just a different perspective.”
Caldwell says it is that experience that sets this rented grandmother apart from a teenage babysitter.
“They bring a lot of knowledge to the table, a lot of experience and a lot of confidence in their decision making, and they’re not usually as distracted as say a teenager or someone could be,” Caldwell noted.
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