Second Career Transition Jobs for Baby Boomers

I am working on an article about phased retirement.  One aspect of phased retirement is finding a transition job to get you from full-time employment to being completely retired. In some cases, that can mean simply decreasing your work level in your present job. In other cases, a transition job may require a career change altogether. Read more

Alternative Retirement Income from Personal Creativity

I am a proponent of alternative income streams. Baby boomers are confronting a multitude of financial risks that may delay or ruin a planned retirement. These include job loss and simply not having enough money to retire. Developing a secondary income source can help. Read more

Volunteer Opportunities for Retired Baby Boomers

Many baby boomers imagine themselves being retired from a paying job and spending some of their free time as a volunteer. I am one of them. Finding a volunteer position suitable for a retiree may not be as easy as we think. Fortunately, there are organizations that can help. Read more

Free Small Business Management Courses

Many baby boomers are trying to rework or restart their careers by starting their own small business. Many don’t have the training or experience necessary to be successful as a small business owner. Now there are ways to fix that: small business management courses offered online – for free. Read more

Jobs for Baby Boomers – Update on New Online Resources

Several months ago I started a list of online employment and job search resources for baby boomers. This week I learned of three more sites that fall into this category and added them to the list. Two of them are focused in certain geographic areas (Denver and Arizona).  There are now 14 different sites on the list. All are worth a look if you are a 50+ worker who is unemployed, under-employed, or simply looking for a different career. Read more

Retirement Careers, Volunteering and Public Service

Looking for a retirement or second career that combines volunteering, public service and some income? The federal government is trying to help. Read more

Understanding Taxes on Retirement Job Income

The government does a good job of making our tax system incomprehensible to the average citizen.  

Things are even harder to figure out for people who are retired, receiving Social Security, and working full or part-time.  Most retirees don’t have a clear understanding of how much they are taxed on job income they receive from post-retirement employment. Read more

Selling Baby Boomer Expertise for Online Income

I am a firm believer in the value of alternative income streams.  For a baby boomer, we need that other income to boost our savings, cushion us against job cut backs, and to supplement our retirement income.  For lots of us, the “three-legged stool” of retirement income – investments, Social Security, and pensions – is wobbling on one leg. Read more

Job Search Resources for Baby Boomers

The increase in demand for jobs for baby boomers has generated additional online resources for finding those jobs and/or for increasing your chances for landing one of them.  These are some of those job search resources that I have found and checked out: Read more

Find a Professional or White Collar Job Online

The ranks of unemployed baby boomers are rapidly swelling, as businesses shed older workers through downsizing and attrition programs. (Some of these “attrition” programs are probably age discrimination programs.)   Many of these out of work boomers are professional and white collar workers.  Finding a new job can be tedious and expensive. Read more

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