Retirees for Hire

06/20/2025

"We're trying to save for our actual old age."

Charles Smith, 87, applied to hundreds of jobs in his 80s before landing one at his county's Office of Aging, which pays little but is fulfilling.

12/19/2021

If you're on this page and not reading https://nextavenue.org, you should be. This is what I've been saying all along. Now, it's validated. As John Medina said in his book, Brain Rules for Aging Well, "Retirement is like writing the obituary of someone who hasn't died yet."
https://www.nextavenue.org/putting-off-retirement-ward-off-dementia/

A recent study shows there's science behind staying busy to keep your mind sharp

12/16/2021

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/money-running-out-financial-stress-drives-retirees-back-work-n1285736

“There are people that might retire, try that for a little while, but now the money is running out, and they're looking at their retirement savings and there's not enough there,” one expert said.

12/16/2021

https://www-nextavenue-org.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.nextavenue.org/5-reasons-older-adults-arent-getting-hired/amp/

Why the jobs picture is complicated for them, and how one woman is skilling up

10/26/2020

People 55 and older have lost jobs at higher rates than their younger peers. Here are 3 reasons older adults are experience higher unemployment rates.

02/27/2020

The Expendables?

PBS NewsHour on older workers trying to make ends meet

02/17/2020

Staying relevant in the workforce, especially after a certain age, is possible with a little bit of preparation. Here´s how you can do it.

10/28/2019

Reality

Older Americans are taking nontraditional jobs in greater numbers. Economists aren’t sure that’s a good thing.

09/28/2019

The Kids are Alright--But Older Folk Are Just as Innovative

There's a misconception that breakthrough products or services are always created by smart young brains. But the evidence shows that innovation is ageless.

There's a misconception that breakthrough products or services are always created by smart young brains. But the evidence shows that innovation is ageless.

09/27/2019

Why stop?

A barber who spent nearly a century of cutting hair in upstate New York “didn’t know the meaning of the word retired.”

09/24/2019

Older workers are struggling to get high-paying jobs. Though job reskilling could be a solution, activists say ageism is the biggest barrier to entry.

09/14/2019

One writer, in his 50s, has applied to more than 100 jobs. And a second has had it up to her silver bob with younger colleagues’ condescension.