There’s no shortage of services that help 50+ and retired workers seek out employment. This week’s column focuses on YourEncore, a specialized company that recruits scientists and engineers for consulting projects. But 50+ job services vary from very specialized services like YourEncore to general job boards such as Seniors4Hire. Here’s a partial list of 50+ [...] [read full article…]
Bob Lew retired a couple years ago after working for 25 years as an emergency room physician. He was just 51 years old, but after all that time in the ER, he was ready for a break, and he had met his financial goals for retirement. Dr. Lew knew he wouldn’t want to just sit around—but [...] [read full article…]
Boomers have always been in love with technology. As they age, companies are bringing to market all manner of gizmos that serve a generation’s changing needs. One interesting category: fashion hearing aids that are nearly invisible–or make a fashion statement with interesting design. The Wall Street Journal’s Melinda Beck writes today about her test [...] [read full article…]
Al Brown was camping out in the backyard with his eight-year-old son one summer night last year, when a tough question popped up: “Daddy, why do you have to leave home so much?” Brown—a 20-year veteran of corporate purchasing jobs—had just returned from a two-week business trip in Mexico. And his answer—“It’s my job”—wasn’t cutting it. In [...] [read full article…]
When adults overhaul their fitness routines, the motivation comes in many forms. Some strive for improved overall health; others hope to stair-step their way to Madonna’s glutes, or dazzle tennis buddies with their overhead smash. As a result, boomers have kept the treadmills humming in recent years — but there’s a downside to all that vigorous [...] [read full article…]
If you think the subprime mortgage meltdown is bad, consider the impact on housing as the boomer age wave hits. Dowell Myers, professor of urban planning and demography at the University of Southern California, is co-author of a new research study looking at how the huge boomer generation will affect housing as it begins [...] [read full article…]
The oldest baby boomer turned 62 this month and promptly signed up for Social Security. But it probably wasn’t a very smart financial move. Dozens of news stories ran when Kathleen Casey-Kirschling—America’s oldest baby boomer!—-applied on January 1st to start receiving her monthly check. That’s what about half of all Americans do at 62. But for [...] [read full article…]
When I left the world of full time employment about a year ago, healthcare was a major worry. Years away from Medicare eligibility—and with a family to insure—I needed a health safety net. Fortunately, my wife was able to shift us to her employer’s insurance plan. (Aside from health insurance, my marital good fortunes are many—but [...] [read full article…]
The number of large companies offering health benefits to early retirees–those who quit before becoming Medicare-eligible at age 65–has been falling. According to Mercer, the human resources consulting company, the percentage of large companies offering health benefits to early retirees fell from 46 percent in 1993 to 29 percent in 2001—and then leveled off through [...] [read full article…]
RetirementRevised.com is the companion website of Retire Smart, a column written by Mark Miller that appears in more than 30 newspapers each week. For millions of Baby Boomers, retirement is an opportunity for reinvention, rather than taking it easy. Mark is helping write the playbook for the new career and personal pursuits of a generation.
