Resources
Online
AARP: AARP.org – Check “The Essentials:” Politics, Health, Money, Relationships, Retirement, Style, and Work.
Encore: Encore.org – Encore.org is leading efforts to engage people in later life as a vital resource of talent to benefit society. Their ultimate goal is to create a better future for young people and future generations.
ReServe: ReServeInc.org - ReServe matches talent with the expressed needs of government and social services agencies to help fill critical gaps such as support for Strategic Planning, foundation outreach, administrative support, event planning, IT administration, and so much more. ReServists, age 55+, hit the ground running and bring to organizations a tremendous work ethic, a “no-drama” attitude, and an amazing wealth of problem-solving experience.
Retired Brains: RetiredBrains.com – Offers a range of temporary and part-time Jobs available for retirees, as well as volunteer opportunities. Also provides links directing job seekers to sites that offer a certain type of job (seasonal, work at home, etc.) and other tools designed for employment assistance.
Retirement Jobs: RetirementJobs.com – Offers a list of jobs available regionally and skill-based.
Seniors4Hire: Seniors4hire.org - Advocates for people 50 and older seeking jobs and/or other ways of earning money and with ongoing lobbying efforts to persuade businesses to overcome any vestiges of age discrimination.
Senior Planet: SeniorPlanet.org – “Aging with attitude,” Senior Planet harnesses technology to change the way we age. Their courses, programs, and activities help seniors learn new skills, save money, get in shape, and make new friends.
Senior Corps: nationalservice.gov/programs/senior-corps - Senior Corps is a network of national service programs for Americans 55 years and older, made up of three primary programs that each take a different approach to improving lives and fostering civic engagement. Senior Corps volunteers commit their time to address critical community needs including academic tutoring and mentoring, elderly care, disaster relief support, and more.
What’s Next: WhatsNext.com – Their goal is to continually provide the finest information, services and products to address the following issues and more: Career Change, Purposeful Living, Self-Assessment Tests, Retirement/Financial Planning, Entrepreneurship, and Connection/Networking, Relationships, Health, and Fitness & Beauty.
Workforce50: Workforce50.com – Offers a list of jobs available regionally and skill-based.
Vital Aging Network: Vital-Aging-Network.org - Promotes self-determination, civic engagement, and personal growth for people as they age, through education, leadership development, and opportunities for connection.
SENIOR ENTREPRENEURSHIP GUIDANCE
Entrepreneur Magazine: entrepreneur.com - From the magazine, resources for entrepreneurs.
League of Extraordinary Coworking Spaces: lexc.co – A coworking network.
National Association of Business Incubators: inbia.org – Provides a wide range of services to assist entrepreneurial organizations in enabling high-impact programs.
SCORE: SCORE.org – The Service Corps of Retired Executives provides a network of mentors and advice for entrepreneurs.
Global Institute for Experienced Entrepreneurship: http://experieneurship.com/ - Mission is to empower cross-generational experience through entrepreneurial thinking and acting to drive successful innovation within corporations, governments, education, and research organizations to boost social and economic prosperity worldwide.
Small Business Administration: sba.gov - The U.S. Small Business Administration has delivered millions of loans, loan guarantees, contracts, counseling sessions and other forms of assistance to small businesses.
OTHER RESOURCES OF INTEREST
Career Explorer: https://www.careerexplorer.com - This career assessment tool analyzes over 140 personality traits, and in conjunction with a comprehensive aptitude quiz, provides customized matches to more than 800 career paths.
Over 50 and Overseas: Over50andOverseas.com – This website is a resource of international volunteer and travel opportunities for persons over 50 years of age.
ElderTreks: ElderTreks.com – ElderTreks is the world's first adventure travel company designed exclusively for people 50 and over.
Senior Job Bank: SeniorJobBank.org/ - the-complete-guide-to-career-changes-after-50. Offers a list of jobs available regionally and skill-based.
Learn How to Become: LearnHowtoBecome.org – This guidebook walks through the process of changing careers over the age of 50, including how to get started, where to get additional training, and what types of careers might be right for you.
Peace Corps: PeaceCorps.gov – If you are a U.S. citizen and at a point in life where you are considering leaving the workforce, thinking about retirement, or excited to make a change—and a difference—the Peace Corps is worth looking in to.
Projects Abroad: Projects-Abroad.org – Volunteer opportunities for older volunteers in several Project Abroad destinations that offer altruistic projects.
GVI: gviusa.com – GVI has over 150 different volunteer projects in Africa, Latin America, Asia, Europe and Australasia, all containing a unique blend of cultural immersion and exploration. With project focuses ranging from marine and wildlife conservation, to child care, animal care, health care and teaching, there is something for everyone.
Go Eco: GoEco.org – Several projects for volunteers 50 and over.
Next Avenue: NextAvenue.org – Provides a wide range of services to assist entrepreneurial organizations in enabling high-impact programs.
Points of Light Foundation: pointsoflight.org - Established by former President George H. Bush in 1990, Points of Light Foundation has more than 250 hands-on Volunteer Action Centers in 16 countries, all dedicated to connecting volunteers with causes they love.
Retirement Reinvented: RetirementReinvented.com — Purpose is to make use of the experience, expertise and enthusiasm of men and women who are retiring from full-time jobs younger and fitter than in the past, who wish to use their knowledge and skills both to pursue their interests and benefit their communities.
Retired and Earning Online: RetiredandEarningonline.com — Guidance on how to build home-based business venues.
USAJobs: usajobs.gov — Search federal jobs.
VolunteerMatch: www.volunteermatch.org — is a website designed to match volunteers with more than 90,00 nonprofit organizations around the world.
Forbes magazine retirement column: https://www.forbes.com/sites/mikelewis/2013/10/22/life-after-retirement/#5eae73741677
The Arbor Company Blog: blog.arborcompany.com – Four benefits of staying active.
Idealist: idealist.org—Since 1995 they have connected 130,000 organizations with tens of millions of people, posted close to a million jobs and hundreds of thousands of internships and volunteer opportunities.
ADULT LEARNER EDUCATION RESOURCES
The Bernard Osher Foundation: www.osherfoundation.org - The Foundation supports a national lifelong learning network for seasoned adults. Go to “Programs” for The Directory of Lifelong Learning Institutes.
Coursera: www.coursera.org - Coursera is an American online learning platform founded in 2012 by Stanford professors Andrew Ng and Daphne Koller that offers massive open online courses, specializations, and degrees. A large number of courses are free.
LinkedIn Learning: www.linkedin.com- Formerly Lynda.com, the platform offers 14,000+ online courses taught by real-wold professionals. The first month is free, after which a subscruption fee is charged.
BOOKS WORTH READING*
Retirement Game-Changers: Strategies for a Healthy, Financially Secure, and Fulfilling Long Life -- by Steve Vernon. We face game-changing challenges in our retirement years, including longer lives than our parents and grandparents, the demise of traditional pension and retiree health plans, periodic stock market crashes that can derail our retirement, and sky-high medical and long-term care costs. Retirement Game-Changers helps you navigate these challenges as you transition from your work life into your retirement years.
Disrupt Aging: A Bold New Path to Living Your Best Life at Every Age – by Jo Ann Jenkins. We've all seen the ads on TV and in magazines--"50 is the new 30!" or "60 is the new 40!" A nice sentiment to be sure, but CEO of AARP Jo Ann Jenkins disagrees. 50 is 50, and she, for one, likes the look of it. In Disrupt Aging, Jenkins focuses on three core areas--health, wealth, and self--to show us how to embrace opportunities and change the way we look at getting older. She chronicles her own journey and that of others who are making their mark as disrupters to show readers how we can be active, healthy, and happy as we get older. Through this powerful and engaging narrative, she touches on all the important issues facing people 50+ today, from caregiving and mindful living to building age-friendly communities and making our money last. This is a book for all the makers and doers who have a desire to continue exploring possibilities, to celebrate discovery over decline, and to seek out opportunities to live the best life there is.
What Should I Do with the Rest of My Life: True Stories of Finding Success, Passion, and True Meaning in the Second Half of Life – by Bruce Frankel. The subtitle of this book is more descriptive of the book's contents than the main title that makes it sound like a "self-help" book. If this book functions as a self-help book it will be because of what the reader brings to the stories. The book is made up of thirteen short stories of people who didn't conclude that the game was over when they neared retirement age. Instead they started the second half of their lives doing exceptional things. Perhaps not everybody can be blessed with the health and energy needed to achieve great things. Nevertheless, there's plenty of room for all of us to consider our options and seek options that are opened up by the new circumstances of retirement.
Purposeful Retirement -- by Hyrum Smith, one of the original creators of the popular Franklin Day Planner, and the former Chairman and CEO of Franklin Covey Company shows how to move from the world of work, simplify life and enter what can be the most satisfying phase of life ─ a new world of purposeful retirement and good living.
Don't Retire; Rewire, Third Edition – by Jeri Sedlar and Rick Miners, helps those new to retirement, and those approaching it, channel their energy and experience into new possibilities that can be financially and personally rewarding--whether it's a part-time job, volunteer work, or even a next career. Inside you'll find lots of practical advice and plenty of real-life stories from retirees who have successfully made the transition. You'll discover the motivational drivers you never knew you had, then you'll learn how to use them to achieve a fun, fulfilling, and financially-sound future--at work or at play!
The Longevity Economy: Unlocking the World’s Fastest-Growing, Most Misunderstood Market – by Joseph F. Coughlin. Coughlin provides deep insight into a population that consistently defies expectations: people who, through their continued personal and professional ambition, desire for experience, and quest for self-actualization, are building a striking, unheralded vision of longer life that very few in business fully understand. His focus on women--they outnumber men, control household spending and finances, and are leading the charge toward tomorrow's creative new narrative of later life--is especially illuminating. As the demographics of global aging transform and accelerate, it is now critical to build a new understanding of the shifting physiological, cognitive, social, family, and psychological realities of the longevity economy.
Great Jobs for Everyone 50+: Finding Work That Keeps You Happy and Healthy...and Pays the Bills – by Kerry Hannon. This has become the job-hunting bible for people in their forties, fifties, and beyond. With her no-nonsense style, Hannon shows where the opportunities are and how to get them, with expert tips on revamping a résumé, networking, interviewing like a pro, building a social media platform to stand out in the crowd, and much more. Whether you took early retirement, were laid off, are seeking a job that you will love, need supplemental income, or want to stay engaged and make a difference by giving back with your talents, Hannon’s book is an essential tool. The truth is that many companies are looking for candidates with your experience, expertise, and maturity. The trick is finding those employers—and going into your search with a positive attitude and realistic expectations. Great Jobs shows you how to avoid common job-seeking mistakes and helps you find your ideal employment in today’s landscape.
* All book descriptions courtesy of Amazon Books
WORK-AT-HOME JOB LISTINGS
FlexJobs.com Monthly subscription for work-at-home jobs.
Jobspresso.co Canadian based site focused on remote employment.
RatRaceRebellion.com Includes screened links home-based listings.
Remote.co Started by founder of FlexJobs.
SkipTheDrive.com Devoted to full and part-time telecommuting jobs.
VirtualVocations.com Limited access to site’s job listings is free. Full access with subscription.
Wahave.com Contract staffing firm that places older professionals in work-from-home jobs.
WeWorkRemotely.com Site includes programing, sales and other jobs.
WorkingNomads.co Lists tech, management, marketing and other jobs.
VIDEOS
Retiring Retirement: A Personal Upgrade for the 3rd/3rd | Jan Allen at TEDxColumbus: www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-i7dOEzQ98
Retirement Redefined | John Shields at TEDxOcala: www.youtube.com/watch?v=xABqKHyg2RY
Retirement | Larry Head at TEDxMonroe: www.youtube.com/watch?v=2HvkYF34Tac
The Longevity Revolution | Jane Fonda at: www.youtube.com/watch?v=fK5tSTZnGtQ
How to Live to be 100+ | Dan Buettner at TEDxTC www.ted.com/talks/dan_buettner_how_to_live_to_be_100?language=en