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55 PLUS: Hire experience
By David Augustinho
www.ciwib.org
One
of the workforce
issues facing Cape
and Islands em-
ployers is where they are
going to find employees to
continue to run their busi-
nesses. More and more ,
the answer to
this dilemma
will include hir-
ing workers age
55 plus.
Although we
have experi-
enced worker
shortages on an
ongoing basis for many
years, in the past this
has been an issue mostly
around seasonal needs.
The development of a
more dynamic year-round
economy, as demonstrated
by the changes in our
unemployment statistics
over the past five years,
has created worker short-
ages in many non-seasonal
businesses.
The demographic im-
perative that is leading to
the solution is clear. For
the foreseeable future ,
companies will need to
hire and retain more 55
plus employees , and the
businesses that do use
this resource will prosper.
To provide year-round
businesses in the region
with a workforce that will
help sustain their growth
and success, the Cape
and Islands Workforce
Investment Board is in the
process of implementing
three initiatives to assist
businesses to reach and
hire employees as part of
our "55 plus" program.
The first initiative is 311
outreach effort aimed a;
the business community.
We will be highlighting the
benefits to businesses cf
hiring 55 plus workers apd
why 55 plus workers area
valuable resource.
Our second initiative
established a job matchng
service br
busines es
to find
55 plus
workersi
Virginia
Nolan at)
Career I
Oppor-
tunities is overseeing this
service and can be con-
tacted at 508 862-6134.
She can assist in finding
a customized solution to
human resource needs ac-
cessing our 55plus worker
inventory.
The third initiative in-
volved training a group of
55 plus workers for jobs in
the insurance industry, as
customer service represen
tatives. This effort was co-
funded by the Barnstable
County Economic Devel-
opment Council. Informa-
tion gained from conduct-
ing a series of insurance
industry focus groups and
a telephone survey, con-
vinced the Workforce In-
vestment Board that this
type of training program
would be beneficial to
both older employees and
the insurance agencies.
Of course we will be us-
ing a number of activities
to bring together busi-
nesses and 55plus workers.
CONTINUED ON PAGE A:tl New Barnstable Corporations - August
Angelini Company, Inc.
382Barnstable Rd., Hyannis.
Richard J. Angelini, 15Denver
Drive, Unit B3, W. Yarmouth,
president, treasurer and sec-
retary. Consulting business.
Argus Auto Sales & Repair Inc.
119B Thorton Dr., Hyannis.
Roberto Rios, same,president
and secretary; MarcilioNunes,
Jr., same, treasurer. To own
and operate an auto sales and
repair business.
B & 0 Realty Development , Inc.
1050Main St., W.Barnstable.
Kevin M. Boyar, same, presi-
dent; Michael Dougherty, 6
Norse Pines Dr.. Sandwich ,
treasurer and secretary. Resi-
dential construction.
Cape Cleaning Services. Inc.
92 Rosary Ln., Unit 15,
Hyannis. Robert Herrera.
554 W. Yarmouth Rd., W.
Yarmouth, president ,treasur-
er and secretary. Commercial
and residential carpet , uphol-
stery and janitorial cleaning
services.
Centerville Jewelers Inc.
1696 Falmouth Rd.,
Centerville. Philip J. Bernier.
18Anthony Rd., W Yarmouth,
president : Victoria Evans, 18
Anthony Rd., W. Yarmouth,
treasurer and secretary. Re-
tail.
David C. Leaver, PC.
398PhinneysLn., Centerville.
David C. Leaver, same, presi-
dent, treasurer and secretary.
General accounting and tax
preparation services.
Kerry Annette Peters, M.D., PC.
27 Park St., Hyannis. Kerry
A. Peters, M.D., same, presi-
dent, treasurer and secretary.
Medical services.
Mass Foreclosure Prevention ,
Inc.
198 Strawberry Hill Rd.,
Centerville. Donald 0. Mc-
Dermott , Jr.,same, president ,
treasurer and secretary. To
deal in real estate.
Seaside Environmental , Inc.
24 Evsun Dr., Centerville.
Scott P. Colantonio , same ,
president ; Daylene Tropeano,
63 Jefferson Shores, Buzzards
Bay, treasurer and secretary.
Sales and service of mobile
homes.
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