Archives for Retirement
Why Your Career Path Should Have No End
Life expectancy is ballooning, but really, who’s paying attention? I wasn’t, and the results were a transition that could have been better navigated. Entering my third act of life, I ended up confused in a swamp land of outdated information, no great “how-to” bestseller as a guide and social benchmarks that just didn’t fit anymore. […]
A Gen Y’er’s Career Longevity – Whether You Want It or Not
Hey ho, Gen Y. Are you watching your parents grapple with late-in-life work issues such as staying on top of their game in a youth-obsessed world, pensions, retirement and 2nd career issues? Your parents aren’t the only ones who will face these issues. You’ll have your chance too. The difference is you might be facing […]
If Security is a Myth, Then What of Freedom?
An article in today’s Wall Street Journal discusses the role of chance in saving for retirement, arguing that we can’t depend on the average 30-year return that’s often touted. Much depends on which 30-year period we’re investing in. If your career coincides with a relatively flat period or the markets, there’s going to be a […]
Rethinking Retirement
Post-recession demographics are not only showing that baby boomers plan on working longer to recoup from the financial collapse. What’s also now clear is the way they intend to work in the future - and that has major consequences for talent managers, who must rethink their policies to support the new workplace realty that is […]
Exploritas: Sabbatical Possibilities for Baby Boomers, But Beware Energetic Xers and Ys
Remember Elderhostel? That learning program company where you needed to be old and stay in a dorm room? It’s gone. On first glance, I always thought I would sign up for one of their programs. After I turned 50 and was a full-fledged AARP member, I had fun perusing the Elderhostel catalog of adventures that […]
No Matter Your Generation: Sober Up and Forget Retirement
How long will you live? Stop dithering and find out. This calculator will change your life -http://calculator.livingto100.com/calculator or change the way you think about work and retirement. No matter how old or busy you are, you’ll anticipate that number popping up at the end - the one that tells you (based on genetics, health, stress, […]
Bored Stiff by Boomers? Tough. And No, Gen Y, We Will Not Retire
An afternoon visit to a Gen Y blog site has me looking for an antacid. Why? Smoldering resentment from the younger generation about Boomers. “Couldn’t they just please retire so we can get some real work done.” “God, they think they are always right.” “And then he told this story about something that happened in […]
Off Your Rocker: Why You Should Never Retire
Here’s the sabbatical mindset - you live the life you want AND work during every phase of it. Rather than swapping a career for a personal life, both co-exist year in and year out until St. Peter blows his bugle. The idea that people dispose of their careers after 40 years of plugging away to go […]