Senior Move Manager?

I have to admit, when I was a little girl dreaming of my future career, Senior Move Manager (SMM) was not at the top of that list. However, there is a good reason for that, the career did not exist at that time (although I cannot tell you exactly when that was and give away my age!) The Senior Move industry is a fairly new one, only coming into existence in the late 1990s. Around that time, individuals from across the country, with a passion to help older adults and their transition from their homes of many years into apartments/condos, senior communities, assisted living, were realizing that there was an actual career to be had in what they had been doing. 

When I decided that this was an industry that I wanted to join and create a business in, I immediately began researching to find as much as I could about this fascinating job. I was fortunate to very quickly come across a non-profit organization called the National Association of Senior Move Manager (NASMM). This organization has been around since 2002 and was responsible for finding those individuals that were scattered all over the nation and bringing them together with a common goal in mind. I have been blessed to be able to start my business with the knowledge, training and community of so many SMMs across the globe, that work together to ensure that this industry continues to reach the needs of those seniors and their families that want and desire the services we provide. Those early SMMs, had no idea that the tasks they were already doing of sorting, packing, organizing, space planning, and many more, would be pivotal to the movement of the Senior Move industry.

So, there you have it. What once started with only 22 SMMs meeting in 2002 to discuss how they could formally establish a professional organization to now more than 900 SMMs across the world, the Senior Move industry is relevant and growing as well as meeting new demands of an aging generation never before seen to this magnitude. It is a profession that requires heart, passion, organizational skills and the willingness to get a little dirty and sweaty. It's a profession that I truly believe I was made to do and I am so excited for what the future holds!

**All stats courtesy of the National Association of Senior Move Managers