Work after retirement is a necessity for some and a personal choice for others. As a recareer coach, I help people find meaningful work. Coaching sessions cover information and skills you will need to be successful in securing a new job or finding work after retirement. These topics including • The Re-Career Success Inventory •… [Continue reading] Work after retirement
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Encore careers–learn more
Encore careers let you pursue your passion. An encore career may be perfect for your retirement years. If you are thinking of recareering because you have been laid off, have lost your passion for the work you currently do, or need more of a challenge in this season of your life, explore this option. Learn… [Continue reading] Encore careers–learn more
What is recareering?
Recareering means “changing careers.” This change can occur in mid-life or even post-retirement for any number of reasons. You may retire and then decide to try a new work experience completely different from what you did in your previous career. This new endeavor might be less stressful or it might be more exciting! Some people… [Continue reading] What is recareering?
Creating your dream retirement
Have you built a dream retirement in your mind? Are you idealizing life after work and romanticizing how great it will be after you retire? This is true for many of us, especially if retirement was earned over many long, painful years. Because you have experienced fantasies in other areas of your life—a new job,… [Continue reading] Creating your dream retirement
How will you replace your work routine in retirement?
Are you someone who thrives on routine or are you actively pursuing so many hopes, dreams, and plans that your days are anything but routine? Will this need for routine or these dreams-in-process carry over into your retirement years? Exactly how will you replace your work routine in retirement? Take this quick quiz to see… [Continue reading] How will you replace your work routine in retirement?
Check out The Intern
Do your holiday family traditions include watching movies together? If so, I highly recommend The Intern for its perfect—though fictional—representation of so many issues related to retirement. This film is hysterically funny yet poignant without being preachy. The Intern is about loss and feeling lost, transitions, change, repurposing your skills, intergenerational relationships, and starting a… [Continue reading] Check out The Intern
How to make the most of your retirement years
Don’t think your life is over when you retire. Make the most of your retirement years • Think of these years as a new and exciting stage of life—your retirement career • Use your talents to make additional contributions for the good of humankind • Share your interests • Pass on your knowledge • Mentor… [Continue reading] How to make the most of your retirement years
In retirement, we all ask the same question: “where do I go from here?”
Heads of large corporations and presidents of the United States are just like you and me when their tenure is done. They ask “where do I go from here?” and they face a transition period in their lives. The truth is that people in high places have the same anxiety and worry we all do… [Continue reading] In retirement, we all ask the same question: “where do I go from here?”
How to feel fulfilled in the retirement of your choice
These days 62 % of boomers between the ages of 65 and 69 are working full-time or plan to work at least part-time in their retirement. Who would have thought that we would be using work and retirement in the same breath and sentence? However, today it is common to hear people talk about including… [Continue reading] How to feel fulfilled in the retirement of your choice
How to discover your personal definition of meaningful work
To get a better understanding of your relationship with meaningful work, Mark Guterman, co-founder of MeaningfulCareers.com, suggests imagining a future situation in which you will be telling others your story of how work and meaning finally came together for you. To prepare the story, he suggests reflecting on questions such as the following: • How… [Continue reading] How to discover your personal definition of meaningful work