5 Ideal Jobs for Retirees

[Mregor]

"Because more Americans need the money or simply like their jobs, they are staying at their current jobs longer and avoiding complete retirement as long as possible. Others are leaving their stressful full-time jobs but choosing to work part-time to make a little money or just have something interesting to do. There are several types of jobs that are ideal for retirees, including the following five."

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[HokiePaul]

Excellent. I've got my retirement job all lined up ... 30 years from now I'll be all set.

[Lcubed48]

Number 4 on the list certainly works for me. I give kudos to certain ones who shall remain nameless who are doing both #3 and #4. Hoorah!!!

[Rich]

I see a lot of people locally taking on a new sport much older than I could imagine. Lacrosse is new here and people have taken to it. Others have picked up volleyball.

At 44 (and finishing my 27th year - I started working HS hoops and baseball as a college freshman), I can't imagine taking on a new sport at this point. My last new sport was football when I was 25 years old.

When I took on small college football 2 years ago and moved to a deep wing position (which we don't use in HS football), it seemed foreign to me, but it was still football. Can't imagine taking anything really new on anymore.

[SE Minnestoa Re]

I was thinking giving up officiating when I retired, not doing more of it.

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by SE Minnestoa Re

I was thinking giving up officiating when I retired, not doing more of it.

Here, in my little corner of Connecticut, we have difficulty assigning officials to middle school (3:30 p.m.), and freshman (4:00 p.m.), high school basketball games. Our day jobs get in the way. If an official is available for these games, he instantly becomes our assignment commissioner's best friend.

When I retire in a few years, my goal is to be healthy enough continue to work my varsity games, and to make myself available for these afternoon games. I'm looking forward to mentoring the "rookie", and inexperienced, officials that are often assigned these afternoon subvarsity games.

Subvarsity fees, for all subvarsity games, including middle school, were $59.23 last season. That's more than just pocket change at two, or three, subvarsity games each week for a twelve week season.

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by Rich

Others have picked up volleyball.

Same here in my little corner of Connecticut. Girls (fall), and boys (spring), volleyball matches (is that what's they're called, matches?) are, for the most part, are played in the mid, to late, afternoon, difficult for many who have a day job to fit into their schedule, but perfect for retirees. We have guys who have almost no experience playing volleyball, other than high school physical education classes (back in the Cretaceous Period), officiating state tournament matches in their very first year of officiating. And they tell me it's real easy to learn the rules, and mechanics, and that the hardest part, physically, is climbing up the ladder.