Provide more jobs for Hong Kong retirees looking for work, NGO says
Experts say keeping active with moderate workload and hours is healthy for the elderly
More jobs should be provided for Hong Kong retirees looking to earn some extra income, an NGO said on Monday as an international company received attention from more than 100 jobseekers after advertising three vacancies targeting the elderly.
A total of 140 people signed up to attend recruitment talks on Monday, during which food brand Nestle Carnation said they were hiring three retirees as interns.
Among the three jobs, two involved answering phone calls from customers and organising activities for the elderly. The other post entailed visiting elderly day care centres with a team to promote health messages.
A one-year contract would be offered to each successful applicant, who would be paid HK$12,000 a month to work six hours a day in a four-day work week.
“Elderly employment is a social trend,” Kevin Lam Ka-lung, grocery retail director from Nestle Hong Kong, said. “We hope the elderly can still contribute at their age.”