Experience Works Snapshot
Experience Works makes experience pay. The not-for-profit organization helps low-income individuals 55 years of age and older find jobs. It provides training as well as community service and employment opportunities for more than 125,000 mature workers in 30 states and Puerto Rico. The group offers annual local, state, and national awards, computer and technology skills, services targeted to local markets, and Senior Community Service Employment Program funded by the Older Americans Act to help low-income seniors. Experience Works was created in 1965. The company was called Green Thumb before it was renamed in 2002.