Your Safe Retirement Coach
The reality is that there are more than 40 million women who are the primary caregivers for a sick person and very often that person is the man that they’re married to. This is often an “expected” role for the wive and most accept it as a duty that they have to handle. What we [Read More...]
Unfortunately, recent news broadcasts and campaign ads seem to have a large supply of long term unemployed families to show their plight since the economic downturn of 2008. Their situations obviously sadden me, but it also saddens me to have candidates use these families and their frustrations in these ads and point to them as [Read More...]
The reality is that it’s an uphill battle for many out of work workers over the age of 50 to find meaningful work. In the past, there was a value to experience. Now that we live in a business economy where the leaders have learned that the easiest way to a profit (and thus for [Read More...]
It’s not a surprise that older workers have having a tougher and tougher time finding work in this economy. The ability for the unemployed over 50 worker to find a comparable salary and position has been tough. An article on Yahoo Finance details the numbers and provides some tips for those over 50 seeking work. [Read More...]
As anyone knows who has read my book, Safe 4 Retirement: The 4 Keys to a Safe Retirement, the ability for retirees to thrive and realize their dreams in their retirement is possible! I love stories of retirees who have created new lives for themselves or as this article calls them, “second acts” or “encores”. [Read More...]
As we’ve seen in the book, Safe4Retirement: The 4 Keys to a Safe Retirement, those who are caregivers are not only blessings to those they help, but they need to tend to their own needs as well. In the New York Times, the ‘Career Coach’, Eilene Zimmerman takes a look at the “job” of caregiving [Read More...]
Many retirees have told me of enjoying working for the first time in their lives AFTER they retire. Huh? Well the reality is that many retirees need to keep working and often are able to find a job that not only fits their new schedule but can be in an area or role that they [Read More...]
As you know from my book, Safe 4 Retirement : The Four Keys to A Safe Retirement, staying involved is one of the keys. That can include finding employment in a fun and satisfying job. Kiplinger has a neat article about 6 jobs that seem great for retirees. Click on it below and let us [Read More...]
For retirees, even if working is not a necessary (financial) matter, it can be a matter of passions or interest or just because your spouse is telling you to get out of the house (which can be good advice often). When you do go looking for work, it can often be a different experience than [Read More...]
A very good friend of mine, Judith Lindenberger, is an expert on mentoring and preparing individuals for effective job placement. As more and more retirees move towards jobs in retirement and second careers, it’s good advice to keep your resume writing skills up to speed, even for those in “retirement”. It’s my pleasure to include [Read More...]
“Never too late, never too old, never too bad, never too sick, to start from scratch and begin again.” -Bikram Choudhury, founder of Bikram Yoga
