working in our 60s
Watch this postI am still working hard and with the retirement age now at 67 for me its getting to a situation where people are getting very old at retirement. ten years ago I thought I may retire at 60..no chance of that with the economy now!
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I have been unemployed for 5 years and only a few interviews in all that time.
I have tickets for both days of the Business Startup show.
A glossy brochure arrives in the post listing the guest speakers and free courses to attend on the day.
Free Business startup show tickets at Olympia 16/17 November 2017
here are the links.
http://www.thebusinessshow.co.uk/
http://www.bstartup.com/
Good luck and see you there.
Good for you
You have a brilliant market place and I sincerely hope that you can enjoy it after this strange period has passed.
Young people need to be able to get employment not exist on Benefits
With out the cash to back up the system. The young ones will have to save and addjust
To a new life stily. If you are sixty now. Only supermarket are taking on oldies.
Chin up and good luck
I work a 9 hour day 21 days a month at 72, having fought off cancer, heart disease and the threat of a triple bypass, which I declined in order to maintain my employment. I feel as fit as a buther's dog, despite some tiredness at the end of the week, I look forward to my days off, which I use for other pursuits. Stick at it folks, Never Surrender!
if you are interested in my helping you, please get in touch, My email address is [email protected] so if you want to email me for a more detailed reply, please do so.
Therefore less years left to enjoy retirement ,but preparation is the key,not just the practical aspects but the emotional ones also.The loss of self worth and purpose the friendship and support of colleagues can be a bit depressing.I thought I had planned reasonably well for retirement but a feeling of well what's next ? This is the last stage on life's journey is all a bit doom and gloom.
But oh the freedom of not getting up early going where you like when you like or not as the case may be is great.Volunteering ,meeting friends for lunch,decorating the house and doing relief work 1 night a week are all things I am doing to fill my time ,and trying to remain positive and of course posting on silver surfers and communicating with strangers is proving to be very interesting.
Like you I thought I might retire at 60 (was to be 57 before I divorced and plans changed); I understand fully that there are more (would be) pensioners than working people, and have no problem with equalising the pension age - but I do have a big problem with the way it has been done, and the lack of proper communication we received to allow us to better prepare and make more appropriate decisions!
My Dad only lived long enough to have his pension 18 months, My Mum was taxed when she earned her Super Annuation - then taxed again when she qualified to get it, my Granda (a miner) died at 63 - so never lifted the pension he had worked for from 14 years old.......Think there will be more like this in future......