The New Retirement

You've read about “the new retirement” and love the idea: continue to work but not full-time. The best place to get flexible, shorter hours? At your current job! It can work for you. Read on. 

Note: This section of WorkOptions.com is featured in the book, Working After Retirement for Dummies, by Lita Epstein, MBA, published in February 2007. “Pat Katepoo has developed excellent templates that you can download and personalize for your company and job situation...” (page 226)

How to Get a Raise When Negotiating a Part-time Arrangement — Seasoned professionals may be better-positioned than most to pull this off. Find out if you have the four factors in your favor.

Creative Ways to Get More Personal Time — The Seasonal Part-time Solution described here may be particularly attractive for mature workers.

How Baby Boomers Benefit by Job Sharing — Job sharing offers several pluses as part of a pre-retirement lifestyle. Consider these five advantages.

“If I'm Not a Working Mother, What Should My Strategy Be?” — People 50+ have different issues and reasons for wanting work flexibility. Find out how they impact your proposal strategy.

Part-time Flex Success Proposal Template — This is the resource that thousands of professionals have used to get their manager to say YES to a reduced workweek or reduced workday.

Redesign Your Job to Telecommuting — Download this free worksheet and do the actionable steps to see if you can restructure your job to work remotely from home.

An AARP survey of nearly 1,000 working caregivers showed that 23% wanted flexible schedules to help them in their caregiving role. Even more wanted additional personal leave. If you have similar needs, here's the way to get started.

Fridays Off — You're a valuable mature worker. This gives you negotiating leverage for requesting one of these three ways for carving out more time to address your relative's needs.

Other Flexible Solutions — A creative application of flexible work arrangements could ease your situation, either short-term or long-term.

Telecommuting Full-time and Long-Distance: Can It Be Done? — Elder care needs may mean you have to move away from your job, but you could still keep it. Learn how others did.

Extra Vacation Leave and Short-Term Sabbatical for Boomers

These topics are covered at my other site, Time Off Tactics, which I started for pre-retirement baby boomers a few months after I celebrated my 50th birthday.

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