Retirement. It’s a very odd word. And what does it really mean any more? Increasingly people expect to stay active and using their skills after working life – but how do you do this and who needs those skills?
If you’re reading this, you’ve probably already come to the conclusion that retirement is an outdated concept.
Victoria from Next-Up would love to share this blog from Lucy Rimmington, founder braveteaching, the Airbnb of teacher training. Lucy is also a confirmed guest speaker at the Next-Up conference in November.
If you’re choosing to continue working, whether driven by retirement income or other factors, you’re not alone. In fact, you’re bang on trend.
One of the biggest issues that the newly retired people we speak to have is a perceived lack of identity. They spend a lot of time talking about their last job and “former” career. So what’s the best retirement advice for them?
Are you worried about one or both of your parents if they are about to retire – or have just retired and it’s not going well?
Starting a new career after retirement – or in ‘unretirement’ – is a great opportunity to make the most of your lifetime of skills and contacts. The expertise you’ve been building up is ageless and now is the time to capitalise. American author Marci Alboher in this article about encore careers says: “Encore jobs tend to leverage the kinds of qualities that deepen with age.”
One of the ways to pass on your skills in unretirement, is to create webinars – typically these range from 8 minutes to 90 minutes. You can offer them free or charge for people to view them.
The other day I sat on a train and watched a masterclass in how to build relations and win business using LinkedIn.
