{"id":340,"date":"2006-08-21T08:39:42","date_gmt":"2006-08-21T00:39:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/silverhairsclub.com\/?p=340"},"modified":"2006-08-21T08:58:16","modified_gmt":"2006-08-21T00:58:16","slug":"launching-blue-helmet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/silverhairsclub.com\/?p=340","title":{"rendered":"Launching &#8220;Blue Helmet&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Some of us have retired, others have not lost a job for whatever the reason.&nbsp; There are still many among us who want to have a job, make use of our knowledge, experience and studies, and who want to do something meaningful during our SilverHairs years.&nbsp; Some SilverHairs are lucky, and do not need a job.&nbsp; Some of us see retirement as a time to rest, after all the years of work.<\/p>\n<p>I am looking at launching &quot;Blue Helmet&quot;.&nbsp; What is Blue Helmet?&nbsp; This will be a continuous project to look at new job opportunities for SilverHairs.&nbsp; I am not talking about direct selling or MLM.&nbsp; There are ample such opportunities in&nbsp;today&#8217;s market.&nbsp; The&nbsp;basic idea behind Blue Helmet is not about finding&nbsp;huge salaries, but&nbsp;finding viable work opportunities so that we can continue to enjoy&nbsp;meaningful SilverHairs years.<\/p>\n<p>Blue Helmet is not a jobs market.&nbsp; At the same time, I have yet to lay down the full structure of Blue Helmet.&nbsp;I see&nbsp;the key is how to create work opportunities, while taking advantage of our experiences and knowledge.&nbsp; Blue Helmet may be a wild dream.&nbsp; But, I guess this is a case of true necessity, in today&#8217;s real world.<\/p>\n<p>At the first stage, I am looking to find other SilverHairs within the club, who have an interest to dwell on this topic.&nbsp; Those who have an interest and the challenge to help bring many SilverHairs out of the dilemma of a changing world.&nbsp; If you are a believer that SilverHairs can still be useful in today&#8217;s world, and that retirees can still work and be active, then join Blue Helmet.&nbsp; This will be a working group to look at how to take Blue Helmet to the next stage, not just within Singapore,&nbsp; but within the Asian region.&nbsp; Blue Helmet would look at overcoming the negatives, and work more towards the postives and the opportunities.<\/p>\n<p>So, if you see SilverHairs as a positive group, have ideas, willing to <em>not<\/em> complain about negative policies and regulations, and willing to develop Blue Helmet as part of the SilverHairsClub, please let me know.<\/p>\n<p>I am a firm believer that SilverHairs should keep working actively, way into their retirement years.&nbsp; In this way, the brain stays active, the body parts continue to lubricate at the joints, and we can still enjoy the blue skies and the fresh air.&nbsp; Wild dreams again, I dont think so.&nbsp;&nbsp;And you are welcome to write and talk about this topic.&nbsp; So, share your thoughts.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some of us have retired, others have not lost a job for whatever the reason.&nbsp; There are still many among us who want to have a job, make use of our knowledge, experience and studies, and who want to do something meaningful during our SilverHairs years.&nbsp; Some SilverHairs are lucky, and do not need a &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/silverhairsclub.com\/?p=340\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Launching &#8220;Blue Helmet&#8221;&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-340","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/silverhairsclub.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/340","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/silverhairsclub.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/silverhairsclub.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/silverhairsclub.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/silverhairsclub.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=340"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/silverhairsclub.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/340\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/silverhairsclub.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=340"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/silverhairsclub.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=340"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/silverhairsclub.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=340"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}