3. Biggest challenges
Age issues
Jobs before retiring
Transition to retirement
Reinventing yourself
Working opportunities after 65
Where can you get help?
8. Time to rethink -
What do we really want from the next stage of life?
Full time work Part-time | Portfolio
Same or different work? Same or different work?
Same or different workplace? Same or different workplace?
Employed or contract? Employed or contract?
Consultant? Consultant?
Time frame? Time frame?
9. Possible actions
1. Working differently
2. New job
3. Change of career direction
4. Self-employment
5. Work into retirement years
10. 1. Working differently
Transition to Retirement
Tax terminology
Getting your head around the idea
Step by step towards what you want for your future
Possibilities
9 day fortnight
3 0r 4 days a week
Job share
11. 2. New job – Reinvent yourself?
New image
Updated resume
12. Resume
Impressive
Make a feature of your achievements
Overview of your career – Positive, dynamic,
Realistic ap
Applications – Your experience
13. Cover letter
Acknowledge what you haven’t done
Emphasise what you have done related to this position
Demonstrate understanding of the role, the
organisation, the expectations
Ensure your achievements and your match to the
position are clearly outlined
14. 3. Change of career direction
Previous webinars CHOICE, CHANGE, CONFIDENCE
Study to build on your expertise eg mediation
Study to change direction entirely eg education to
career development
Opportunity to do something you have always wanted
to do eg working in a nursery or following some
passion.
15. 4. Self-employment
What are you already doing?
What do you love to do?
What have you dreamed of?
Is there a great opportunity that you have noticed?
Negatives: Hard work, Paperwork, Business knowledge
Positives: Satisfaction, Fulfillment, Using
skills/experience, Home based, Linked by Technology
16. 5. Work into retirement years
Merrill Lynch New Retirement Survey
most boomers would prefer to cycle between periods
of work and leisure.
increasingly interested in CAREERS that
involve helping society, locally and globally
Encore career - use your knowledge and experience to
make a real difference in the lives of others.
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20. Where will the new jobs be?
Top 10 Industries (2012-13 )
1. Property and Business Services
2. Retail Trade
3. Construction
4. Education
5. Accommodation, Cafés and Restaurants
6. Transport and Storage
7. Government Administration and Defence
8. Cultural and Recreational Services
9. Mining Health and
10. Community Services
21. 225 Best Jobs for Baby Boomers
Combination of Pay, Growth and Openings
Management Analysts
Teachers – postsecondary
Logisticians
General and operations managers
Registered nurses
6 types of doctors
Medical and Health Services managers
Financial managers
22. And for a bit of fun……
79. Copy writers
80. Creative writers
81. Poets and lyricists
100. Personal and home care aides
171. Demonstrators and product promoters
172. Cartoonists
173. Painters and Illustrators
185. Composers
225. Bookkeeping, Accounting and Auditing Clerks
23. Fastest growing jobs for Baby Boomers
1. Social and Human Service Assistants
2. Personal and Home Care Aides…....Aged care included
4. Teachers – post secondary
20. Training and Development Specialists
23/4. Employment sector
42. Light delivery services
43. School officers (teacher aides)
52. Adult literacy teachers
86. Cleaning services