My Retirement Rehab Friday Round-up

Welcome to the round-up! Below are the posts we read, found interesting and loved this week for a variety of reasons. They are inspiring and thought-provoking and we’d like to share them with you. Angst in America Part 3: Retiring Broke Read the full post at the Gold Seek “If you aren’t worried about financing your […]

Your Job Loss Resource Guide

Your Job Loss Resource Guide Job loss is a big worry for every generation, but it’s a special issue if you’re getting ready for retirement. Maybe you’ve been working in the same field for 30 years, and don’t have any commutable skills. Maybe you’re a great employee, but your position is becoming automated. Maybe you […]

Beyond the Assembly Line: 7 Top Jobs Replaced By Robots

Foxconn replaces ‘60,000 factory workers with robots. It’s headlines like that that keep blue collar workers awake at night. Hell, they’re not alone. Chefs, bank tellers, customer service workers, ando others are all on the chopping block. It’s managers, professionals, and corporate executives who seem unperturbed by the prospect of their jobs replaced by robots. But when […]

Why Being a Corporate Executive Isn’t What It Used to Be

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Becoming a corporate executive sounds like a smart move to almost anyone. Work a long career, become wealthy, not have to worry about savings for retirement. You had it all worked out. So did I. But then I found myself in my late 40’s, still a corporate executive, with not a lot of job security […]

Mind The Gap, Then Fund The Gap

  Most retirement plans created for Baby Boomers predicted that the last decade of work before retiring would be a nice gentle ride. Lofty incomes and kids leaving the nest after college would allow you to accumulate a comfortable cushion for the leisure years. But this isn’t happening. After the Great Financial Crisis, incomes for […]

Why Generation X Workers Are Between a Rock and a Hard Place

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I’ve written a few times now about how the robots are out to get your job and destroy your savings for retirement. It’s a popular topic and interesting to discuss as the technology changes daily, but in my opinion, robots are a much smaller threat than the Millennials. Don’t get me wrong — my kids are […]

My Retirement Rehab Weekly Round-up

Welcome to the round-up! Below are the posts we read, found interesting and loved this week for a variety of reasons. They are inspiring and thought-provoking and we’d like to share them with you.   OUT OF YOUR RUT Our Health Insurance Premium was Over $21,000 Last Year This is a very informative article that analyzes not […]

How to Prepare For a Job Change (Whether You Want it Or Not)

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Job change is on the horizon for many late-career professionals today. Maybe you don’t like your career and want to try something different. Or maybe you’re worried about losing your job. Late-career job loss is a legitimate retirement concern, even if your boss is happy with your work. Career corporate workers are becoming obsolete thanks […]

My Retirement Rehab Weekly Round-up

Welcome to the round-up! Below are the posts we read, found interesting and loved this week for a variety of reasons. This Round-up is about entrepreneurship. If you’re considering starting an online business, we think you’ll like them too. Success Success Magazine produces some great video on what they call the YOU Economy. Others call it […]

Full-time Employment Is Going Extinct (And That’s The Good News)

If you’re a late-career professional, you have a lot to think about for retirement planning. You probably haven’t saved enough yet, and you worry about those Millennials out to get your job. Here’s some new research out of Harvard and Princeton that could add to your woes: 10 million jobs have created between 2005 and […]