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#114 - Purpose, Work, and What Your Residents Still Have to Give

#114 - Purpose, Work, and What Your Residents Still Have to Give

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 Summary In this episode, Jerry Vinci sits down with Darren Tompkins, founder and CEO of Vader-Rey Companies, a Texas based talent firm that recruits engineers, contractors, and operations professionals for demanding industrial and data center projects across the country. Darren came up through the military, spent years in oil and gas, and built his company from scratch with no outside funding and no debt, relying entirely on relationships and referrals. He also carries something deeply personal into this conversation. He walked his own mother through assisted living and memory care before losing her to Alzheimer's, and he saw firsthand what isolation, loss of purpose, and the limits of the traditional senior living model can do to someone who still had so much to give. Darren shares how the experience forced him to navigate an estate attorney, become executor of his mother's care plan, and fight an insurance company that resisted paying out the policy despite its clear terms. He reveals how costs escalated as her acuity increased, and how families are rarely prepared for the financial, emotional, and logistical realities of long term care. The discussion shifts to what Darren sees every day in his recruiting work. He explains how older workers, including engineers with decades of experience, are increasingly reentering the workforce, not because they are desperate for money, but because they are bored, isolated, or still driven by the mental challenge and sense of purpose that work provided. Darren emphasizes that ageism is real, but it is often compounded by how older workers present themselves. He also reveals that references, recent work examples, and staying active in your field, even through volunteer work or consulting, can nearly eliminate the age penalty that researchers have documented. The episode closes with a direct challenge to senior living operators. Darren argues that communities are sitting on a goldmine of untapped talent, experience, and knowledge, and that most operators have no idea who their residents were before they moved in. Learn More Connect with Darren Tompkins on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/darren-tompkins-21b86814/ Learn more about Vader-Rey Companies - https://vaderrey.com/
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