10 Part-Time Jobs That Are DESPERATE To Hire People Over 50

These are part-time jobs that are desperate to hire people over 50, and I want to start with why they're desperate, because it changes how you apply. When you apply for a full-time job, your resume goes to HR. A computer reads it first, it sees the year that you graduated, and Let's be honest, in many cases, it's going to put you in the no pile immediately. About two-thirds of workers over 50 say that they've seen or felt exactly that. Now, a part-time job doesn't work like that. A part-time job is a hole in somebody's schedule. A manager needs a person at the front desk from 3 to 7, and the 22-year-old quit on Tuesday. That manager doesn't care what year you were born. He only cares if you'll show up, and you will. And that's why you're the person that he wants. And some part-time jobs even prefer people that are on the older side. So we're going to be talking about a lot of these in today's video. One of these is a part-time government job posted at $48,000 to $59,000 a year. One pays $200 to $350 a day with no license and no selling. One can have you working in about a week. And a couple of them are going to make you go, wait. That's a real job? Now, I spent $300,000 on a doctorate for a career that I walked away from. Then I built a thing that I wish I had at 18. And over 1,000 people have used it to change what they do for money. And some of them are in this video, just like Brian, who I was able to help get a digital marketing job at 59 years old. So if you got laid off at 58 and every application goes into a black hole, or if you're retired and the check doesn't stretch like it used to, or if your body is done with 40 hours but your brain isn't, you want to work part-time even if you could technically retire, At least one of these is going to fit you. Every job comes with the employer's own posting on the screen, the pay, the hours, and the date that I pulled it. And the one that I'd pick for most of you is near the end. And the first one is the federal government, which can't get anyone to deliver the mail. Now, if you appreciate me making this type of content and you want to see me make more of it in the future, then let me know by gently cheering that like button and let's jump into it right now. Okay, so the first one is going to be a USPS Rural Carrier Associate. So the post office can't find people to deliver the mail, and I am not exaggerating here. In one year, 255,140 rural carrier job postings got zero applicants. Not a few, zero. And that is f***ing wild. And it's the Postal Service's own Inspector General saying it. So the job is called Rural Carrier Associate. You drive a mail route out in the country or the suburbs, mailboxes, packages, etc. And there's a little post office in a small town and you fill in for the regular carrier on their day off. And you cover extra days when they're short. Now, here's the part that fits you. The post office's own career page says that you're guaranteed work one day a week. And you need to be available up to six. Daytime hours, minimal supervision, and those are their words, not mine. And in the post office in Onanta, Alabama, held a job fair for this exact job, the news story said it plainly. The position is ideal for retirees. Their words again. Now, you might be thinking, Shane, if nobody wants it, it must be terrible, right? Well, it's not terrible. It's inconvenient. It's Saturdays and it's a route with 400 mailboxes. It's packages up to 70 pounds and on some routes you use your own car. A 23 year old looks at that and passes. You look at that and you see a check every two weeks. And the pay as of this September is $21.89 an hour. And that's straight from a postal service press release. On the job training is provided and it's the first step to a full-time carrier job with federal benefits if you ever want that. Quick break, I'm gonna be doing a live training on how to start YouTube step-by-step for beginners this week. It is a completely free training, no strings attached. In fact, I'm giving away even more bonuses at the training. Just as an example, I'm gonna be giving away my niche validator. And this is gonna be available for both Claude as well as ChatGPT, which is a super valuable piece of software where you can finally figure out what the best niche for you is. So do not miss out on this training. Make sure you sign up for it down in the description and the pen comment below because you only get it And if you join the training, so if you don't join now, you might miss it. But that being said, in the workshop, you'll get to meet me. You'll get to ask me questions directly. So I look forward to meeting you. So click the link in the description, the pen comment below. Make sure you put it on your calendar. And if for whatever reason you missed out on it, you weren't able to attend, make sure you still click that link because we might be having workshops in the future as well. And you'll be the first to know about it. So, yeah. Hope to see you there. And now back to your regularly scheduled programming. All right, the next one is going to be a pilot car or an escort driver. So in this one, you get paid to drive in front of a house. So when a truck hauls something huge, like a house, a windmill blade, a bulldozer, the law says that a pilot car has to go with it, ahead of it, or behind it. So there's going to be flashing lights and a sign that says oversize load. That's you. You're the warning. You don't touch the load. You don't back up a trailer. You drive your own car at 45 miles an hour. Can you talk to the trucker on a radio and rules change by state? But in most states, a load needs an escort once it's over 12 feet wide, 14 feet high or 90 feet long. So getting certified for this is basically one day in Virginia. It's an eight hour class and a $25 fee, and the card is good for five years. Washington's online class is about $265, and that card works in 13 states. Now, the honest part is I can't show you a shortage number for this one. Nobody tracks it. But what I can show you is a rate sheet. One pilot car company in Arizona publishes theirs to $2 to $2.40 a mile, or $575 to $700 a day per car. And the same company says the quiet part out loud. You have to line up the jobs yourself. Sometimes you wait weeks to get paid, loads move early in the morning and in daylight, some weeks, nothing. Then a week on the road across three states, and then the next week, nothing again. So it's not really a job, it's kind of like a little business. A car, A light bar, two signs, insurance, and a phone. If you like driving and you can't stand offices, that's a pretty good little business. And there's something about blue collar work that nobody tells you at 50. Every guy who ever did it is looking for a version that won't break his body. Driving jobs, inspecting jobs, sitting in a truck type jobs, and every 19 year old thinking about the trades has no idea which one pays and which one eats you alive. Which is exactly what happened to my brother, Zach. He's 50. He spent almost 30 years in the trades, HVAC, furnaces, crawl spaces. And a while back, he called me and he said, bro, how do I keep making money without breaking my body? And I told him, don't just go get the easier job. Explain the job. You know which trades pay because of your experience. And you know which ones wreck your knees by 45 because you have a bunch of friends that are also in the trades. And 18-year-olds thinking about what career to go into, as well as the parents of those 18-year-olds, would kill for that information. So he started recording with his phone in his basement, and he started making YouTube videos about which blue-collar careers are actually worth it. No editing skills, no fancy plan, just using my system and a guy who's done the work telling the truth about it. And his first video got to over 800,000 views, I'm going to be doing an entire free training telling you exactly how we helped him do this and how you can grow your own YouTube channel as well. And it's going to be a brand new training this week. Click the first link in the description in the pinned comment below to check it out. And this brings me to my next part time job that you can do. And this is part of what I like to call the new economy. See, in the old economy, you had to apply for a job and then you'd either get accepted or rejected. But there was someone who chose to pay you for the job. In the new economy, there's a lot more options out there. For instance, you can just post videos on YouTube. And if your videos are very helpful and they do well. YouTube will promote those videos to thousands, even hundreds of thousands, maybe even millions of people, and you can get paid a ton of money for that. And so building a personal brand on YouTube or other social media platforms is another part time job that you can do over the age of 50. This is something that we've helped a ton of different people on the channel do. For instance, Nurse Jen was 60 years old, spent 33 years as a nurse, and she was burned out working her nursing job. She saw a video just like this, attended my life training, which you should as well. Click that first link in the description and comment below. Started her YouTube channel and the. The first month that she was monetized, she made $6,000. Second month, she made $8,000. Third month, she made over $10,000 just from AdSense alone. And so she went from zero to a full-time income right away. Now, YouTube is an incredible opportunity, but it's not like you can just throw up anything and it's gonna work. You do need to pick a niche, which is very important, which is why we made an incredible tool called the Niche Validator AI, which is a brand new tool that we're gonna be giving away in the live training. Again, click that first link in the description in the pinned comment. And you also need a system to create videos efficiently. But I will say that YouTube is actually easier for people that are over the age of 50. So yeah, I'm super excited about this live training. Definitely attend it by clicking that first link in the description in the pinned comment below, and I'll stop bothering you about it, but I'm looking forward to it, and I'll see some of you later on this week. All right, so next one is gonna be a TSA part-time officer. So this is the people at the airport who tell you to take your shoes off. Now, here's what happened. The government shut down twice last year, and TSA officers worked 87 days without pay. More than 500 of them quit this spring, on top of 1,110 who quit in the fall. And the acting head of the TSA told Congress, in her words, this is a dire situation. So they're hiring hard. Bozeman, Montana, for instance, posted $25.41 an hour and up to a $10,000 signing bonus, part-time and full-time. Columbus, Ohio had a part-time posting for $48,000 to $59,000 a year for part-time. So yeah, not bad. And here's what you need. You need to be a U.S. citizen, at least 18, and either a high school diploma or a year of security work. You pass a computer test, an interview, a drug test, a medical, and a background check, and you have to be able to walk about three miles in a shift and stand up for four hours at a time. Then, they train you. Now, you might be thinking, they're not hiring a 62-year-old to pat people down. Well, the oldest TSA officer in America is 90 years old, Lawrence Santucci, at John Wayne Airport He started at 72. And when they asked him about retiring, he said, what am I going to do if I retire? Sit down? Now, here's the honest part. It's the federal government. Budgets get cut, shutdowns happen, and you will get yelled at about a water bottle. But federal benefits, a pension, and $25 an hour part-time, well, that's rare. And with all due respect to Lawrence, if a 90-year-old can do it, You can as well. OK, next is going to be a senior living program assistant. So every senior community has somebody who runs the day bingo at three, the birthday party, the bus to the store, a walk in the garden with folks in the memory care. That's the program assistant. And some of these postings are showing $15 to $19 an hour, and the industry can't fill these. And Argentum, the senior living trade group, says that the industry has to fill 3 million openings between 2021 Now, you might be thinking, well, Shane, I'm not a nurse. I can't do this. You're not supposed to be. The nurses and the aides do the medical part. You do the company part. And this is true in every one of these buildings. The residents are 85. They don't want a 20-year-old leading the sing-along. They want somebody who knows the songs and is from a similar generation to them. Now, the pay here, like I said, $15 to $19 an hour. It is relatively modest. But at the same time, this is a part-time gig. And honestly, it's probably a lot of fun just getting to chat with people as well. Okay. So the next one is going to be a mall Santa or a studio Santa. And really this is just kind of a seasonal list in general, right? So there's basically a whole group of jobs that fall under this list. So full season mall Santas have made around five to $12,000 a season. And that's from a Fox Business article back in 2022. Now the big photo company, Cherry Hill Programs posted 2026 U S Santa performer in January, and it was still up in September 18 and over. And they'll take a real beard or a company issued fake one. There's even a school. Yes, there's even a And of course, there's postings like this one, October 1st to 3rd, Midland, Michigan, $645, et cetera, et cetera. And here's the honest part, and I'm not going to BS you. Santa is not desperate anymore. Listings were down 35% last year, and 70% of them want a real beard. Median pay is $25 an hour, and that's from CVS. So if you've got the beard and the belly, go for it. If not, Here's the actual point. Santa is a seasonal job. And seasonal jobs are the easiest jobs in America for somebody over 50 to get. The employer needs 3,000 people for like... 12 days. And they'll basically take anyone who's reliable. Now, here's some that I've pulled. Tax preparer, January to April. AARP puts the average at $27.96 an hour. Poll worker, obviously during election season. 772,000 people did this in 2024. And almost half of the election offices say that they can't find enough people. The Minnesota State Fair needs about 3,000 workers this summer. Summer camp counselor is $17.01 an hour on average. And yes, they hire grandparents. Christmas retail, package delivery helpers in December. lodges in national parks, within park housing, et cetera, et cetera. The trick with seasonal work is you don't apply in the season. You apply maybe around six weeks before when they're panicking about needing somebody. All right, the next one is theme parks. And this is where they ask for retirees by name. So Holiday World in Indiana put out a press release in February, 2,000 seasonal jobs. And in their words, adults seeking seasonal employment, including retirees and teachers. So Cedar Point in Ohio needed 7,000 people this year at $15 an hour. Six flags, all its parts together. Over 50,000 people. And here's why Cedar Point in particular wants you. In 2024, they paid $50,000 to settle a federal age discrimination case. They had a rule that nobody 30 or older could live in the employee housing. And the government's exact words were, older workers comprise a vital component of the seasonal workforce at theme parks. And that rule is gone. And this fall, their career page says it all. A $5 an hour bonus for eligible positions. A $500 bonus for finishing the season. And free housing starting September 7th. Now, the bigger idea here is some jobs are desperate because of where they are, not what they are. A ride operator in Sandusky, a tour guide in the lighthouse in your town, a campground host, KOA's work camper program puts people in campgrounds all over the country. Alaska, Holland America, and Princess run, over 4,000 people a summer in lodges and buses up there. Applications for next summer open October 1st, and a website called CoolWorks has the whole section named Older and Bolder, and about 20% of people using it are 55 and up. Now, the honest pay here. It's not great. It's $13 to $15 an hour, but you have to add housing on top of that. They do typically pay for your housing, and a lot of the time the food is going to end up being either paid for or at least cheaper as well. All right. So the next one is going to be a flagger, and this is the person at the road construction site holding the sign that says slow on one side and stop on the other. So the median age of a flagger in America is 50.8 and about four in ten are 65 or older. That's the Bureau of Labor Statistics. So this is already a job that people our age do. And the problem is, there aren't enough of them. The Contractors Association surveyed its members two weeks ago, and 87% have openings for hourly craft workers, and 88% of those say that it's hard or harder to fill them than a year ago. Now, AWP Safety, one of the biggest traffic control companies in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, posted August 26. No experience or degree is needed. We train you. So there's paid training, a traffic safety certificate, and it's $17.23 to $18.07 an hour, and they'll pay you on the same day if you want. And at RoadSafe in Roanoke, there's 15 openings. It's $17 to $17.50 per hour, and flagger forecast is about $16 to $17.50 in some counties. So the job here is you stand. You turn the paddle, you talk on the radio, you wave the truck through, and you're basically standing in the sun for eight hours, and it is boring as... And that's why the 22-year-olds quit, and the government's median is $18.32 an hour, which is about $38,000 a year full-time. Now, the honest part is this one's serious. 850 people died in work zones in 2024. Most of them were drivers, but about 58 workers a year get hit. So you are the person standing closest to the traffic, and if your knees are gone or you can't stand for eight hours, skip this one. But if you can, it's a paid class and a vest. And you can start next week. All right, so next is going to be a hotel night auditor. So this is where you sit at the front desk of a hotel from about 11 at night to 7 the next morning. You check in the guy whose flight got late around 2 a.m., you click a button, and the computer runs the day's numbers. Then it's quiet. Hotels cannot staff this. More than half the hotel owners say that they're understaffed right now, and that's the Hotel Association in March. The year before, 71% said that they had openings they couldn't fill, and the front desk was the number two hardest job to fill. After housekeeping. And one hotel company, Crescent, had 20 night auditor jobs the day I looked. Marriott Syracuse, downtown, $19.57 an hour. DoubleTree in Vail, Colorado, $24 an hour. And the posting says, housing available. Now you might be thinking, auditor? I'm not an accountant. Well, you're not doing accounting. The system does the audit. You just make sure that the number on the screen matches the number on the paper. If you've ever balanced a checkbook, you're qualified. Basically if you can do basic math, you're qualified. So who's this for? The person who already doesn't sleep, If you're up at 3 a.m. anyways, somebody will pay you $20 an hour to be up at their hotel front desk. And honestly, you're not going to do that much anyways. And again, the pay here, $17 to $24 an hour is pretty typical. The government's median for a hotel desk clerk is about $35,000 full time. And two or three nights a week is usually the part time version. And honestly, you can do just about whatever you want while you're at the front desk. In many cases, you could study, you could watch content, you could watch the news, you could read, whatever you want to do. And most of the time, you're not going to be helping anybody. All right, the next one is a test center administrator. This is one of my favorites. This is the proctor, right? People have to take tests, the nursing exam, the real estate license, the GED, pilots, electricians, et cetera, et cetera. And they don't take them at school anymore. They take them at a testing center in a strip mall on a computer. Somebody has to check the ID, take the phone, hand out the locker key, and sit in the back making sure that nobody cheats. That's the job. Now, the two big companies are Pearson VUE and Prometric. When I looked in September, Pearson VUE had 50 part-time test center administrator postings open across 25 states. And every one of them says the same two things. Starting pay is $17.75 per hour, and this is strictly a part-time position, 10 to 19 hours a week, depending on the center. Fargo pays $19. Prometric has 60 postings, and 31 of them pay part-time. And their posting says, I love this, no selling or quotas, no inventory, stocking, floor moves, or overnight shifts. And there are paid trainings. So the hours here are Monday through Saturday, somewhere between 7 in the morning and 8 at night, and two Saturdays a month. You must have a high school diploma, must be 18, and you got to walk through the room every 8 to 10 minutes. Now, why is this job good for you? Because the job is being trusted. A test center hires the person who will not let their nephew cheat on the nursing exam, and that's a 58-year-old every time. It's quiet, nobody has a phone, and you're the only adult in the room who isn't nervous. And it pays about $17 to $19 an hour typically. Glassdoor's range is $16 to $23 an hour, and it's part-time by design. All right, the next one is a companion caregiver, and it's the medical one on the list that isn't medical. So you keep an older person company, you make them lunch, you drive them to the doctor, you play cards, you make sure that they took the pills. You don't hand out the pills, right? You don't dispense them or prescribe them or anything like that. Florida's law, for instance, actually defines it as a companion spends time with or cares for an older person. They may prepare meals and they may not provide hands-on personal care. If they need a nurse, a nurse comes. You're just the friend that shows up. This is the biggest hole in the American. American job market. The government projects about 760,000 openings a year for home care aides. 760,000 every single year. And who is doing it already? Well, the median home care worker is 48 years old. 37% of them are 55 and over. Now, unfortunately, these positions don't pay all that well. Most of the positions are ranging from around $14 to $18 an hour. But there is a lot of opportunity here, and because of the supply and demand imbalance, I think the pay is going to start to go up in the future. Now, a good example of what this knowledge is worth is Nurse Jen, one of our community members. I mentioned her before. She's 60. She was a nurse for 33 years, and she knows all about navigating the broken U.S. healthcare system. Plus, she knows exactly what an 80-year-old's day looks like. The pills, the falls, the family that doesn't call. She started making simple videos explaining that to families, and now she makes over $10,000 a month from AdSense alone from her YouTube channel. Plus, she's got sponsorship and affiliate deals on top of that. So this is a lot of the same knowledge that a companion caregiver would have, but that would be $18 an hour, but she just puts it on camera. Now, everything Jen did to get these results on YouTube, I'm going to be walking you through live this week. I'm also giving you an update on how she's doing as well in the exciting new live training that I'm doing this week. So click the first link in the description in the pinned comment below to check that out. Register for it. Make sure you check your email. And I look forward to seeing you there. Now, I know that 99% of you are just going to watch my content, get a ton of value out of it. You're going to download my free resources and attend my free live trainings, get a ton of value out of those. I get emails all the time from people that say that I help them get a job or I help them start their YouTube channel or their personal brand, et cetera, et cetera. And I always want to give 100 times more value than what I receive. And I know that 99% of you are never going to work with me. And that's completely fine. But there's going to be 1% of you out there or maybe even less than 1% of you out there that wants a one-on-one mentorship or a one-on-one hand-holding experience or Or you literally just want us to do the work for you when it comes to growing and building your YouTube channel. So if that sounds like you and you're very serious about growing and making money on YouTube, go ahead and click the second link in the description in the pinned comment below to book a call with us to apply to work with us. On this call, we'll figure out where you are right now, where you wanna be, we'll make a plan to get there, and we'll see if we're a good fit to work together or not. Now, we can only accept a limited amount of people. It is a lot of work to get people results on YouTube, but we have an incredible track record of it, but it is very expensive. So only apply if you are very serious about growing and making money on YouTube, as we only accept a very small percentage of the people who apply to work with us. With that being said, check out this video right here to see exactly how we help Nurse Jen go from zero to a full-time income, quit her stressful nursing job, and travel all over the United States in her camper van. And you can check all of that out by clicking this video right here.