Category: Work and Volunteering
September 7, 2014 -- We are happy to read that more and more baby boomers are taking a pro-active role in downsizing. They are doing it intentionally, tackling clutter room by room and not adding on new stuff either. But how about the ultimate - getting rid of just about everything - including your house - and hitting the road? More than a few boomers are choosing this path.
In 2013 there were over 360,000 Americans who receive their Social Security at non-U.S. addresses, which was a 48% increase over 10 years before. Of course that doesn't include hundreds of thousands more who travel either for long periods - abroad or in the U.S. - but still retain
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Published on September 7, 2014
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Category: Work and Volunteering
August 12, 2014 -- OK, it's a little bit of an oxymoron to put jobs and retirement in the same sentence. But we are not talking about full-time employment, we mean part-time or flex-time jobs. We also don't mean for this article to be a one way stream of information - our hope is that our members will contribute their ideas on dream retirement jobs - both the positions themselves and the criteria that make for a great gig. We also recommend our Blog series on Adventurous Baby Boomer Retirements, where we've posted multiple profiles of fascinating, and off-beat retirements.
Criteria for dream jobs
Here are some criteria that we associate with dream jobs:
- Flexible schedule. You are retired, so who
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Published on August 11, 2014
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Category: Work and Volunteering
September 10, 2013 -- It's one of the first questions you will probably get as a new retiree - what will you do all day? A new study from the Bureau of Labor Statistics has some of the answers, which include ... more time on many of the things you do already, but less time on some activities that you might not have enjoyed that much anyway. The Bureau's American Time Use Survey was the focus of today's New York Times article - "Americans at Leisure, or Still at Work". We will highlight some of the key findings of this and some other recent studies. (The Times Retirement section also has several other worthwhile articles, including ones on the Senior Discount, Annuities, and Starting a Business).
Work - or Play?
One of the survey's most interesting findings is that more people today over 65 are working. A decade ago 13.9% of those over 65 were in the workforce, today that is up 18.7%. Some 20% of Americans aged 70-74 are working, which declines to
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Published on September 10, 2013
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Category: Work and Volunteering
January 26, 2013 -- If you have decided to work in retirement you will not be alone. More and more boomers will continue to look for employment once they hit retirement age, whether because they like what they are doing, need the money, or just want to stay busy. Here in Part 2 of our series on working in retirement we list a selection of some of the best places to find work in retirement. See Part 1: "Working in Retirement: How to Find a Job That Works for You" for more on strategies for finding the right job for you.
Many Possibilities
The first thing we discovered
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Published on January 26, 2013
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Category: Work and Volunteering
January 8, 2012 -- Which category do you fall into:
- Can't wait to retire, never want to work again
- Have no intention of retiring
- Don't want to work anymore, but have to for survival
- Want to stay busy, but in a job different from what I did before
In our experience most people fall into one of these categories or somewhere in between. If your profile matches one of the last 2 categories (that is, you intend to work), it is extremely important that you invest some time planning just how you are going to find a job that meets your needs. This article, which springs from a suggestion by Topretirements' member Dave Ellison, will explore the "how to find work in retirement" part of the story. Part 2 will provide
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Published on January 7, 2013
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Category: Work and Volunteering
It's happened to so many people lately. Folks in their 50's and 60's go in to work one day and find themselves retired by the end of it. While they might have looked forward to that time off a few years ago, this news, combined with their plummeting retirement portfolios, is frequently a major cause of concern and even desperation.
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Published on April 7, 2009
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