Jobs for Seniors: What Are the Best Jobs After Retirement?
What are the best jobs when you are older? What are good retirement careers? How should seniors find work after retirement? Get the answers you need…
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Volunteering in Retirement: 6 Tips for Making an Impact
If volunteering in retirement sounds appealing to you, you are not alone. More than ever, workers over 50 are looking toward careers in the nonprofit world, seeking a second chance at purposeful work. In fact, according to Encore.org, more than 25 million Americans ages 50 to 70 are eager to share their skills, passions and…
Jobs for Seniors: What Are the Best Jobs After Retirement?
So, for either financial or personal reasons you think you might want to work after retirement or past the traditional retirement age of 65. Read below to get answers about the best jobs after retirement: Are there many options for work as a retiree? How do you find the right jobs for your goals, income…
Retirement Business Ideas: 12 Ideas for Getting Started After 50
Some individuals dream of the day when they can do absolutely nothing. To them, retirement is a euphoric future of sleeping in, lounging in the sun, and thinking as little as possible for the next 30 years of their lives. (Others dream up retirement business ideas.) In fact, for most of us, a life of…
When to Retire: What Difference Does a Year Really Make? Should You Retire Soon or Delay?
In some cases a year can make a huge difference. Think back to 2019. It was certainly different than 2020 (to say the least). But sometimes years go by and not all that much has changed. Knowing when to retire is a huge decision. It can be easy to put it off a year and…
How to Make Money in Retirement: 14 Real and Really Easy Ways to Boost Income
Regardless of where you are in life, it’s always nice to make some extra money. And that is especially true in retirement. But, how to make money in retirement when you’re supposed to be simply enjoying the easy life? The retirement gigs listed below won’t be quite enough to cover retirement expenses, but they won’t…
5 Tips for Your Second Career In Retirement
For many retirees today, the secret to a successful retirement is an oxymoron; a successful retirement actually means work. But this type of work may look different than the career you’ve held for 40 years. Instead, there are a host of second careers that today’s retirees are pursuing. “People today are saying, ‘I don’t want…
Is Phased Retirement Right for You?
For retirees, leaving the workforce means leaving a steady paycheck and beginning to tap into retirement savings and benefits. For employers, the demographic shift means finding talented replacements for individuals who have clocked decades of experience on the job. But there’s a win-win solution for both groups: a “phased” retirement, which allows older workers to…
7 Tips for Getting a Great Part-Time Job in Retirement
Many people are finding that they need to work at least part-time in retirement in order to support themselves. Some people also find that they want to continue working in order to stay active. Though retirees can offer an organization incredible experience and insight, not everyone who wants part-time work in retirement is able to…
3 Big Mistakes to Avoid When Working Past Retirement Age
The meaning of retirement continues to evolve. What once signified the end of work now actually means continuing to work, but often in new and different ways. Longer lives, the elimination of the guarantee of pensions for most workers, economic uncertainty, and a re-envisioning of later life are four forces driving us to stay in…
How to Combat Age Discrimination in the Workplace
While your age should not matter when it comes to jobs, research indicates that age discrimination is a real and measurable thing. This is bad news to the masses of Americans in their 50s, 60s, and 70s who want to keep working. A retirement job or a delayed retirement is a huge part of many…
Going Back to Work After Retirement: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
After a lifetime of working and saving, you’ve finally come to the point where you feel comfortable enough to retire. Though the long-winding path to reach this milestone was supposed to bring more peace of mind; instead, now that you’ve left the workforce, it has precipitated a fear of outliving your money. “The main financial…
9 Tips to Help You Delay Retirement for a Happier and Wealthier Future
Reaching age 65 once meant collecting a final paycheck. But today, more Americans are trying to delay retirement – working well into the traditional retirement years not because they have to, but because they want to. According to the Pew Research Center, nearly 20% of Americans age 65 and older reported being employed part- or…
Retirement Jobs: 4 Great Opportunities to Work at Home
There are benefits to going to work every day (having a place to go and people to see can keep us engaged in life in meaningful ways). What Work at Home Options Are Available to Retirees? In retirement, many of us dream of jobs with a little more flexibility. Working at home can give us…
Reverse Retirement: Find Out Why So Many Retirees Are Going Back to Work
An astonishing number of retirees “reverse” retirement – they quit their lives of leisure and go back to work either part or full time. Is retirement really not all that it is cracked up to be? Going backward is rarely a good idea, but reversing back into a compelling job can actually have far-reaching benefits.…
9 of the Best Part-Time Jobs for Retirees
Reaching retirement doesn’t have to mean that you’ll never work again. In fact, it might be a great opportunity to work on your own terms. Part-time work can help you improve your retirement income and keep you active at the same time. Here are nine of the best part-time jobs for retirees – great ways…
Is Retirement at 65 Ridiculous?
“Retirement at 65 is ridiculous. When I was sixty-five I still had pimples.” – George Burns It seems that George Burns was onto something. More and more older Americans are working well past the traditional age of 65 and there is good reason. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the overall U.S. work force…
Laid Off Due to Coronavirus? Here Are 9 Tips for Navigating this Uncertain Time as You Look Toward an Early Retirement (or Not)
Have you been laid off? Out of work? Considering retirement? Explore 9 tips for this uncertain time. Get through the short term and plan for the long term.
14 Reasons Why Retirement Jobs Are the Best!
Retirees and other working seniors are learning that retirement jobs can be more than just work. Here are 14 reasons to consider working after retirement.
Getting Old is for Making Money! 10 Super Surprising Facts About Financial Success Later in Life
You might be surprised by the facts of being an entrepreneur after 50! Financial success later in life is FAR more common than you might think. Can you guess which of the following statements are fact and which are fiction? Most Entrepreneurs Worldwide are 55-64 FACT According to the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM), the highest…
Purposeful Ideas for Retirees Seeking a Second Career or a Big Life Change
Lots of people “retire” to a whole new second career or a very different way of life. In fact, for the majority of retirees, retirement no longer means pursuing a life of leisure. Retirees today are finding new purpose for their “golden years.” Some people want to change their life completely. Others just want a…
Is Age Discrimination a Threat to Your Retirement Plan?
The growing population of older Americans, and a lower propensity for retiring early, seems to create a bit of a problem for some employers. Although discrimination against older workers is fully against the law under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, that doesn’t mean it doesn’t happen. Workplace age discrimination affects the best and brightest…
Taking a Sabbatical Leave: A Sneaky Way to Get an Early (Temporary) Retirement!
Early retirement is something most of us dream about. But it is usually just that — a dream. However, have you considered a sabbatical? A sabbatical can be a meaningful and highly satisfying way to to get an early, albeit temporary, retirement. Sabbatical or Burnout? Sabbatical Meaning What Exactly? Sabbaticals, mini retirements and gap years…
9 Tips for Finding a Job After 50 or After You Have Retired
Working as long as possible is a recommended retirement strategy for almost everyone. There are so many benefits to working as long as possible and they are not only financial. Working keeps you young, happy and healthy.Near retirement and looking for a job? It may be time to teach the old dog some…
Podcast: Ken Goldberg & Eric Brewer – AI, Automation and the Future of Work
Episode 22 of the NewRetirement podcast is an interview with Ken Goldberg, a Robotics Professor from Berkeley, and Eric Brewer, a VP at Google and a Professor of Computer Science at Berkeley. We discuss Artificial Intelligence, Robots, Automation and the Future of Work. We’re live in studio in Mill Valley CA and we cover the…
Are You Unhappy at Work? Is Retirement the Right Answer?
Job satisfaction in the United States has been falling since the late 1980s. Across all economic and age levels, around 50 percent of all American workers are unhappy at work according to the Conference Board who has been doing job satisfaction surveys for almost 20 years. Is retirement the answer? Are you retiring to run…