Synopses & Reviews
A career guide that rethinks the golden years, this handbook offers 50+ income models for creating flexible, fulfilling, and profitable work during the encore stage of one’s career.Many seniors reach "retirement age" and want to continue working to supplement their income or stay mentally and physically active. Career counselor Nancy Collamer shows readers how to target their favorite interests and expertise and repackage them into more than 50 ways to earn income that range from the traditional (part-time employment, consulting) to newer Internet-based jobs (teaching online, filling long-tail niches).
Synopsis
Many seniors reach "retirement age" and want to continue working to supplement their income or stay mentally and physically active. Career counselor Nancy Collamer shows readers how to target their favorite interests and expertise and repackage them into more than 50 ways to earn income that range from the traditional (part-time employment, consulting) to newer Internet-based jobs (teaching online, filling long-tail niches).
About the Author
NANCY COLLAMER, MS, is a career coach, author, and speaker who is an expert at helping people create lifestyle-friendly careers. In private practice since 1996, Nancy gained national prominence as the founder of the popular websites MyLifestyleCareer.com and Jobsandmoms.com. She holds a MS in career development from the College of New Rochelle and a BA in psychology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Her advice has been featured in numerous media outlets and she has written for a number of major websites, including AARP.org, MariaShriver.com, NextAvenue.org, and Job-Hunt.org.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
PART ONE
50+ WAYS TO GENERATE INCOME IN SEMI-RETIREMENT
CHAPTER One: Build Income from Your Expertise
CHAPTER Two: Create an Information Empire
CHAPTER Three: Start a Small Service Business
CHAPTER Four: Pursue a Business-in-a-Box Opportunity
CHAPTER Five: Trade Your Time for a Paycheck
CHAPTER Six: Make a Living While Making a Difference
CHAPTER Seven: Get Paid to Travel
CHAPTER eight: Ten Reinvention Lessons Learned
PART TWO
CREATING YOUR SECOND-ACT CAREER
CHAPTER Nine: Envision the Life You Want
CHAPTER Ten: Look to the Past for Clues to Your Future
CHAPTER Eleven: Ask, Analyze, and Assess
CHAPTER Twelve: Research the World of Possibilities
CHAPTER Thirteen: Try It Out!
Conclusion: Some Final Tips on Creating
Your Second-Act Career
Resources
About the Author
Index