Retire Retirement

In this summary you will learn

• Who the boomers, traditionalists, generation Xers and millennials are
• Why boomers have an unprecedented opportunity to remain employed into their 60s, 70s and 80s
• How to evaluate new jobs
• How to renegotiate your work terms
• How to develop a plan to stay contentedly employed

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Why you should read Retire Retirement

Tamara Erickson contends that “lucky boomers” are blessed with rewarding work opportunities as they age. As businesses have to search harder for skilled employees, she reports, boomers will be able to write their own tickets in the workplace. Well, maybe some of them. Erickson seems out of touch with those older workers who have been forced out of steady jobs and into tough retirements due to mergers, downsizing and hard times, and who are now earning minimum wage serving French fries or offering up shopping carts. Instead, she optimistically suggests a buffet of potential career-extension options for boomers who, she maintains, have the potential to come down on the sunny side of semiretirement. getAbstract appreciates her basic premise that the sky’s the limit regarding work options for many fortunate boomers, and acknowledges her thorough reporting on their choices. Erickson would deserve extra kudos if she had recognized the challenges as well as the opportunities facing soon-to-retire workers, but if you’re a professional, executive or successful entrepreneur who is approaching the traditional retirement age, she will give you some new ideas about how to plan for the next 30 years or so.

About the Author

Tamara Erickson is an author, technology expert and researcher. She earned an M.B.A. at the Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration, where she won the Chirurg Fellowship.