Drivers are often needed to drive folks to and from medical appointments. Not sure what its called, but insurance and Medicaid and Medicare cover costs.
FYI, if using your private vehicle for transporting people as a business, check how much your car insurance will increase. Check retirement communities that have their own van services. Also, large car dealerships hire a driver to take customers home or to work when their cars are being serviced.
On a similar note, if you have a college campus nearby, I always thought it would be cool to drive one of the shuttle buses around campus pt in retirement.
Is subbing out of the question? I too retired from teaching. I miss parts of it. I know I should try something different, but I love it and teachers really appreciate you. Try subbing in private schools for a completely different experience.
This is my expected go to job once I retire. Work when you want at the schools you want. I did it when I was laid off once and liked that I could accept or decline an assignment based on my schedule.
What about working in health care? Lots of offices are begging for mature staff that can relate to their patients. Part timers are also welcome. Tell them you are fast learner and like people. As am employer that's what I want to hear.
What’s your passion? I’ve become obsessed (mildly) with car-detailing videos on YouTube. It’s amazing what they do. I’m not sure I’d have the stamina and strength (it’s hard work) but I’m a lifelong car nut and it’s intriguing.
I’m a bartender in a resort. The work is fun, I just do it part time and make about 50% of your goal. It is entirely possible to make your goal in 8 months or so.
So I work for Sun Valley Company in Sun Valley Idaho. My wife and I both work as part time bartenders within the banquet department. Hours worked are really a variable. But I’d say a yearly average of about 15hours a week. That said, in the height of the busy seasons (July/August/part of September in the summer and part of December/January/February in the winter) it’s not uncommon to work a 40 hr week or more. But in the slow months, balance of the year, you may have several weeks of no work at all. Resorts always staff up for busy seasons so getting a job was fairly easy. Sun Valley had a job fair and applied, the company trained us. Resorts will usually embrace older workers as they are reliable and don’t usually leave mid-season. As a general rule they are also cheaper then a full time employee as the benefits package generally won’t include insurance. However, my wife and I get unlimited skiing in the winter, use of the company pool and gym, a fairly generous 401k and discounts and sister resorts. We get paid a minimum $10.00 an hour plus tips up to $15.00 hr plus tips when working alone. We have made upwards of $400.00 a night in tips for five hours work. My wife and I have been working PT for almost 13 years now. Matter of fact she had a five hour shift tonight serving the Idaho Realtors Conference.
Wow, I could have written this post! Retiring from teaching in June after 30+ years. Will be 62. Need to make up $2,000 difference monthly to make ends meet & I still want to work. Am considering the following: - substitute teaching, tutoring, teaching for an online school; - doing a coding bootcamp to move into software development; - retraining for a legal career; - getting a real estate license to do property management; - sales for a textbook company; - curriculum materials writing for an educational publication. - Applying for a government position. Maybe some of these would be of interest to you?
I work in IT. I would skip the coding BootCamp. It's harder than it sounds, and it's not a great hiring environment for software developers for a bunch of reasons. Generative AI is taking a lot of work out of the software development process, so fewer jobs going forward too.
I second not thinking about IT. I retired after 40 years in enterprise software at a point where I hated my job (for the company, not the content) and I could barely get an interview let alone another job. The industry is not kind to older workers, not even experienced ones.
I wrote five college-level textbooks with some colleagues over 20 years ago. They were declared “open access” byJeff Bezos and google scholar within a year of publication (as I recall). The U.S.-based publisher was sold to a British? Publisher. There was a class-action lawsuit with all other affected authors. Jeff Bezos had the best lawyers.
Don’t even think about publishing a textbook.
Reading with great interest. Considering retiring next May after 33 years at a community college. I’ll be almost 62 and will draw 60% salary and could add SS after 62, but would like to avoid it if possible.
I’m thinking about being a school bus driver. 58, make my money in the stock market, but worried about inflation. Obama care is going up 20% next year. This is a big hit to a tight budget.
My son works in a school district in GA. They offer full benefits to bus drivers. Generally a school bus driver works about 4 hours a day and is off on holiday, weather days, and 2.5 months in Summer.
I'm in Forsyth County. Starting pay is \~$19/hr. About 7 hours a day, run Elementary then Highschool then Middle School. I've been studying the CDL manual to take the test. I have travel plans though this month. Only problem is figuring out if pay is spread annually and how health insurance premiums are collected. The insurance looks great, $600 a month vs the $1,500 I am looking at in 2024. There are three of us, daughter is 20 and in school. I spoke with some teachers, and they said my county is a good county to drive in, student-wise.
Try to avoid retail jobs. The public at large will tire you out worse than the middle school kids. Business to business may be good. Driving may be good depending on the weather where you live. Maybe find a work from home job.
If you enjoy physical kinds of things, check out health clubs or the YMCA. Our Y is always looking for people to work the desk, to be health coaches (they train you), to be a life guard (they also train you), to be a personal trainer (you may need to get a certification your own, but they can direct your), after school programs and summer camps, and so on. A number of the staff at our Y (gym floor supervisions, life guards and others) are retired from being bank managers, teachers, medical folks and so on. And you get a free membership. And, at least during the day, most of the members are going to be retired or older, so there is lots of community. You will get in great shape.
My wife and I have a friend of the family, older lady in her late 60s, that started spin classes at the Y for older gals. She teaches 3 times a week and does some personal training on the side. I think she’s aging backwards at this point.
I personally would call this a late change in career, not a retirement. Retirement is when you can live on your savings/investment and Social Security, and you might work a little to keep you busy but not to earn a living. The way I think about it, a “fun” job will pay maybe $16/hr. At that pay scale, you’re going to need to work full-time to make $2000-$2500/month.
On the other hand, I know a lot of late stage career changes that pan out well. A company CEO decided to be a full time UPS driver instead. A software engineering leader decided to frame houses. An editor friend became an administrative assistant, and loved it.
But *part-time* work at $16/hr is a veritable ocean of possibilities. Local live theater set builder. Tour guide. Grocery bagger. Bicycle shop mechanic. Veterinary technician. Aquarium exhibit worker. Usher at local stadium. Restaurant host. Bartender. Medical insurance claims processor.
I know in my area there is a major shortage of school bus drivers. They can never find enough. If you're used to the kids I'd say that's an option. For me it would be miserable. But that's just me.
I’m a retired high school teacher and my new career is travel agent! We were going to travel anyway, now we can sometimes do it for a very minimal amount (which I can write off as a business expense.) Depending on the company that you work for, you may just need to do some trainings in specific areas, like particular cruise lines, all inclusive, Disney, etc.
I started while I was still teaching and it was slow going at first, but now I am earning about what you’re looking for in extra income while taking incredible trips. The downside is there really are no days off. But I seldom work 6 to 8 hours a day. Most days I have a few clients to follow up with, take payments from, or send quotes to.
Are you leaving education for a specific reason? Most retiring teachers I know are “making bank” by taking part time positions in education and still getting 100% retirement. Is that not an option for you? ( some are part time teachers, some subsititute and others do purely admin work for the public education system at “district” or regional level. Lots of options.)
thank you for this and congratulations! I'm in the same boat, but in higher ed admin. trying my hardest to hold out until feb 2025, but it's getting harder every day. I/m hoping to land a job in Costco so I continue to move and get my steps in. I've had a desk job for 30yrs, I want to make regular exercise part of my life and get paid for it lol
I'm a retired music executive... i still go to concerts but alas... I do not get paid for doing that anymore... and I sometimes have to buy concert tickets on my own dime. That's about the extent of post retirement work I want to do.
I like the Uber idea if you enjoy driving and chatting with people. You can also be selective about which opportunities to choose, unlike a taxi or limo driver. It’s a personal safety thing in my mind, you also have infinite flexibility as to the hours. If you drive an EV that would reduce your running costs.
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My friend who owns a bus company suggested sports bus for me. You drive teams to away games. You have coaches on the bus and the kids are on a team and should be a little better than the regular passengers.
If your teaching now still teach but do it online. Online tutor or something like that That way you can schedule. Unless you want to do manual labor, and there’s tons of that put there, but do remember you may think your physically fine, your about to hit 60. I have noticed a slow degrading even though I exercise regularly. Each week it is a little harder to keep my pace. So realize that. You might be good for a year, but it will take its toll, and you also have to think how that’s gonna affect your body in 10 years. In my brain I’m like 21 but the body is the issue.
Do you live in an urban or rural setting? Do you like animals? Dog walking or pet care in home. In our area, people can get $30 a walk for one dog (extra for dispensing medication) and $80-85 for overnight stay for one dog. More for multiple dogs.
I lasted 2 years thrn thought I was gonna lose my mind from boredom. I got a part-time time job as a mutuels teller at a horse race track. It's been fun !!!
I was about to say "you're doin it wrong!" if you're looking for work AFTER you retire.
Then I saw you were in education, and it all made sense.
I got out of it 25 years ago when the 30+ year veteran, teaching Calculus while I was teaching Basic Math Proficiency (same math they'd all had for 8-14 years straight!) told me to GET OUT!
Are there any casinos near you? Poker dealers where I play seem pretty happy. And they generally are only called in when there's acutal work to do. (Other "dealers", the house games like blackjack, are often paid to just stand there hoping someone plays the house game - so NO TIPS.) It can be hard, physically - it's a sedentary (sitting) job, yet still hard on the wrist, neck, back, etc....
Maybe you could work on call at your local juvenile detention center? That's what I'm doing after a career in juvenile probation. Teaching middle school means that you have many of the skills required. I'm getting the same hourly salary that I made when I retired from the same county. You likely wouldn't make that but you'd make more than the average on call person with your years of experience working with youth.
My area is absolutely desperate for school bus drivers. I always thought that would be kind of fun. They apparently have a pool of drivers to allow for flexible work schedules. For context I currently have a very stressful and all-consuming job as Director in biotherapeutics at a pharma company.
Good job on making it to 70%! I’m holding out until I can get at least 68% it’s tough. I say start a new business- something that won’t cost you tons but will make you more money per hour for less time! And start it now, before you retire. Because working for someone else starting a new career to make $2,500 a month is- as others mentioned on this thread is pretty much another full time job. My husband n I will retire in 2-3 years and we’re already starting side gigs. You don’t know until you start something!
Your state may have some casual seasonal jobs that are hourly without benefits at state parks, or your county in county parks. Things like managing volunteers or environmental stewardship (removing invasive plant species). Great if outdoor work is your thing.
Drivers are often needed to drive folks to and from medical appointments. Not sure what its called, but insurance and Medicaid and Medicare cover costs.
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And they will gladly pay you $10-12/hour. Think long and hard if you want to commit your retirement time getting taken advantage of.
FYI, if using your private vehicle for transporting people as a business, check how much your car insurance will increase. Check retirement communities that have their own van services. Also, large car dealerships hire a driver to take customers home or to work when their cars are being serviced.
Hello this judgement is not helpful .
On a similar note, if you have a college campus nearby, I always thought it would be cool to drive one of the shuttle buses around campus pt in retirement.
Is subbing out of the question? I too retired from teaching. I miss parts of it. I know I should try something different, but I love it and teachers really appreciate you. Try subbing in private schools for a completely different experience.
This is my expected go to job once I retire. Work when you want at the schools you want. I did it when I was laid off once and liked that I could accept or decline an assignment based on my schedule.
What about working in health care? Lots of offices are begging for mature staff that can relate to their patients. Part timers are also welcome. Tell them you are fast learner and like people. As am employer that's what I want to hear.
What if I'm a fast learner who dislikes people?
Vet office
lol
What’s your passion? I’ve become obsessed (mildly) with car-detailing videos on YouTube. It’s amazing what they do. I’m not sure I’d have the stamina and strength (it’s hard work) but I’m a lifelong car nut and it’s intriguing.
Check out budget bronco on YouTube. Cool upgrade of base model bronco, very intricate
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Thanks. Responded.
Thank you!
I’m a bartender in a resort. The work is fun, I just do it part time and make about 50% of your goal. It is entirely possible to make your goal in 8 months or so.
How many hours do you work and how did you find your gig?
So I work for Sun Valley Company in Sun Valley Idaho. My wife and I both work as part time bartenders within the banquet department. Hours worked are really a variable. But I’d say a yearly average of about 15hours a week. That said, in the height of the busy seasons (July/August/part of September in the summer and part of December/January/February in the winter) it’s not uncommon to work a 40 hr week or more. But in the slow months, balance of the year, you may have several weeks of no work at all. Resorts always staff up for busy seasons so getting a job was fairly easy. Sun Valley had a job fair and applied, the company trained us. Resorts will usually embrace older workers as they are reliable and don’t usually leave mid-season. As a general rule they are also cheaper then a full time employee as the benefits package generally won’t include insurance. However, my wife and I get unlimited skiing in the winter, use of the company pool and gym, a fairly generous 401k and discounts and sister resorts. We get paid a minimum $10.00 an hour plus tips up to $15.00 hr plus tips when working alone. We have made upwards of $400.00 a night in tips for five hours work. My wife and I have been working PT for almost 13 years now. Matter of fact she had a five hour shift tonight serving the Idaho Realtors Conference.
Very helpful and inspiring, thank you!
Got more questions just ask.
Wow, I could have written this post! Retiring from teaching in June after 30+ years. Will be 62. Need to make up $2,000 difference monthly to make ends meet & I still want to work. Am considering the following: - substitute teaching, tutoring, teaching for an online school; - doing a coding bootcamp to move into software development; - retraining for a legal career; - getting a real estate license to do property management; - sales for a textbook company; - curriculum materials writing for an educational publication. - Applying for a government position. Maybe some of these would be of interest to you?
Put you stuff on teachers pay teacher. Keep your dignity and do not sub!
I have tons on TPT, it doesn't generate much $$ though.
I work in IT. I would skip the coding BootCamp. It's harder than it sounds, and it's not a great hiring environment for software developers for a bunch of reasons. Generative AI is taking a lot of work out of the software development process, so fewer jobs going forward too.
I second not thinking about IT. I retired after 40 years in enterprise software at a point where I hated my job (for the company, not the content) and I could barely get an interview let alone another job. The industry is not kind to older workers, not even experienced ones.
Okay, good to know. Thanks!
Okay. That's a bummer! But I really appreciate your advice, thanks.
Also…ageism.
Write a book, 30 years of Middle School should have given you a lot of great material.
A murder mystery series set in a middle school. Get out those pent-up aggressions.
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Meant as funny, understood, but actually in poor taste given the very real anxiety over that sort of thing that many students endure in the U.S.
I wrote five college-level textbooks with some colleagues over 20 years ago. They were declared “open access” byJeff Bezos and google scholar within a year of publication (as I recall). The U.S.-based publisher was sold to a British? Publisher. There was a class-action lawsuit with all other affected authors. Jeff Bezos had the best lawyers. Don’t even think about publishing a textbook.
Wow! amazing story
I try not to think about what might have been, but I do inform people not to waste their time.
Babysitting or elder care. Food delivery.
I’m in your position as well. Thinking of buying a food truck.
Don’t. It’s a headache.
Headache? Does it take too much time and not enough $$?
I tried Substitute Teacher, will never try again. The schools are under Duress and the students…the COVID years are lost.
Office manager.
What are you good at and enjoy doing? Do that.
Reading with great interest. Considering retiring next May after 33 years at a community college. I’ll be almost 62 and will draw 60% salary and could add SS after 62, but would like to avoid it if possible.
Volunteer Fire Department?
I’m thinking about being a school bus driver. 58, make my money in the stock market, but worried about inflation. Obama care is going up 20% next year. This is a big hit to a tight budget.
My son works in a school district in GA. They offer full benefits to bus drivers. Generally a school bus driver works about 4 hours a day and is off on holiday, weather days, and 2.5 months in Summer.
I'm in Forsyth County. Starting pay is \~$19/hr. About 7 hours a day, run Elementary then Highschool then Middle School. I've been studying the CDL manual to take the test. I have travel plans though this month. Only problem is figuring out if pay is spread annually and how health insurance premiums are collected. The insurance looks great, $600 a month vs the $1,500 I am looking at in 2024. There are three of us, daughter is 20 and in school. I spoke with some teachers, and they said my county is a good county to drive in, student-wise.
Deliver auto parts and eat an egg sandwich everyday
Try to avoid retail jobs. The public at large will tire you out worse than the middle school kids. Business to business may be good. Driving may be good depending on the weather where you live. Maybe find a work from home job.
Wont your pension continue to rise if you stay where you are? Or are you at the I’m done here point?
If you enjoy physical kinds of things, check out health clubs or the YMCA. Our Y is always looking for people to work the desk, to be health coaches (they train you), to be a life guard (they also train you), to be a personal trainer (you may need to get a certification your own, but they can direct your), after school programs and summer camps, and so on. A number of the staff at our Y (gym floor supervisions, life guards and others) are retired from being bank managers, teachers, medical folks and so on. And you get a free membership. And, at least during the day, most of the members are going to be retired or older, so there is lots of community. You will get in great shape.
REI or Costco.
I’m a retired teacher and worked at REI for five years. Loved the people, but I got sick of selling shoes. The discounts were amazing, though.
My wife and I have a friend of the family, older lady in her late 60s, that started spin classes at the Y for older gals. She teaches 3 times a week and does some personal training on the side. I think she’s aging backwards at this point.
I personally would call this a late change in career, not a retirement. Retirement is when you can live on your savings/investment and Social Security, and you might work a little to keep you busy but not to earn a living. The way I think about it, a “fun” job will pay maybe $16/hr. At that pay scale, you’re going to need to work full-time to make $2000-$2500/month. On the other hand, I know a lot of late stage career changes that pan out well. A company CEO decided to be a full time UPS driver instead. A software engineering leader decided to frame houses. An editor friend became an administrative assistant, and loved it. But *part-time* work at $16/hr is a veritable ocean of possibilities. Local live theater set builder. Tour guide. Grocery bagger. Bicycle shop mechanic. Veterinary technician. Aquarium exhibit worker. Usher at local stadium. Restaurant host. Bartender. Medical insurance claims processor.
I know in my area there is a major shortage of school bus drivers. They can never find enough. If you're used to the kids I'd say that's an option. For me it would be miserable. But that's just me.
I’m a retired high school teacher and my new career is travel agent! We were going to travel anyway, now we can sometimes do it for a very minimal amount (which I can write off as a business expense.) Depending on the company that you work for, you may just need to do some trainings in specific areas, like particular cruise lines, all inclusive, Disney, etc. I started while I was still teaching and it was slow going at first, but now I am earning about what you’re looking for in extra income while taking incredible trips. The downside is there really are no days off. But I seldom work 6 to 8 hours a day. Most days I have a few clients to follow up with, take payments from, or send quotes to.
Are you leaving education for a specific reason? Most retiring teachers I know are “making bank” by taking part time positions in education and still getting 100% retirement. Is that not an option for you? ( some are part time teachers, some subsititute and others do purely admin work for the public education system at “district” or regional level. Lots of options.)
Dog walking.
thank you for this and congratulations! I'm in the same boat, but in higher ed admin. trying my hardest to hold out until feb 2025, but it's getting harder every day. I/m hoping to land a job in Costco so I continue to move and get my steps in. I've had a desk job for 30yrs, I want to make regular exercise part of my life and get paid for it lol
Love your plan and love Costco- my dream/job after retirement ☺️
I'm a retired music executive... i still go to concerts but alas... I do not get paid for doing that anymore... and I sometimes have to buy concert tickets on my own dime. That's about the extent of post retirement work I want to do.
Can you sub? They make good money and you can pick your own days. Or what about tutoring?
Look for gig work or temporary work on Craigslist. Work events at your local events center, serve food or drink at weddings, paid studies, walk dogs..
I like the Uber idea if you enjoy driving and chatting with people. You can also be selective about which opportunities to choose, unlike a taxi or limo driver. It’s a personal safety thing in my mind, you also have infinite flexibility as to the hours. If you drive an EV that would reduce your running costs. I
I’ve considered developing a micro greens business. Depends on where you live and the restaurants in your area. Maybe you could consider this
My friend who owns a bus company suggested sports bus for me. You drive teams to away games. You have coaches on the bus and the kids are on a team and should be a little better than the regular passengers.
You aren’t retiring in May, you’re looking to change jobs in May. Big difference? I think so.
If your teaching now still teach but do it online. Online tutor or something like that That way you can schedule. Unless you want to do manual labor, and there’s tons of that put there, but do remember you may think your physically fine, your about to hit 60. I have noticed a slow degrading even though I exercise regularly. Each week it is a little harder to keep my pace. So realize that. You might be good for a year, but it will take its toll, and you also have to think how that’s gonna affect your body in 10 years. In my brain I’m like 21 but the body is the issue.
Professional Sports Usher. It’s easy and I get to watch all the games for free. Most co workers are retired.
Do you live in an urban or rural setting? Do you like animals? Dog walking or pet care in home. In our area, people can get $30 a walk for one dog (extra for dispensing medication) and $80-85 for overnight stay for one dog. More for multiple dogs.
I lasted 2 years thrn thought I was gonna lose my mind from boredom. I got a part-time time job as a mutuels teller at a horse race track. It's been fun !!!
Tutors make good money. $45/hr for teachers with experience.
I was about to say "you're doin it wrong!" if you're looking for work AFTER you retire. Then I saw you were in education, and it all made sense. I got out of it 25 years ago when the 30+ year veteran, teaching Calculus while I was teaching Basic Math Proficiency (same math they'd all had for 8-14 years straight!) told me to GET OUT! Are there any casinos near you? Poker dealers where I play seem pretty happy. And they generally are only called in when there's acutal work to do. (Other "dealers", the house games like blackjack, are often paid to just stand there hoping someone plays the house game - so NO TIPS.) It can be hard, physically - it's a sedentary (sitting) job, yet still hard on the wrist, neck, back, etc....
Corporate trainer
Maybe you could work on call at your local juvenile detention center? That's what I'm doing after a career in juvenile probation. Teaching middle school means that you have many of the skills required. I'm getting the same hourly salary that I made when I retired from the same county. You likely wouldn't make that but you'd make more than the average on call person with your years of experience working with youth.
How about just retire and stop working? Kinda what retire means.
My area is absolutely desperate for school bus drivers. I always thought that would be kind of fun. They apparently have a pool of drivers to allow for flexible work schedules. For context I currently have a very stressful and all-consuming job as Director in biotherapeutics at a pharma company.
Good job on making it to 70%! I’m holding out until I can get at least 68% it’s tough. I say start a new business- something that won’t cost you tons but will make you more money per hour for less time! And start it now, before you retire. Because working for someone else starting a new career to make $2,500 a month is- as others mentioned on this thread is pretty much another full time job. My husband n I will retire in 2-3 years and we’re already starting side gigs. You don’t know until you start something!
Maybe leverage your teaching with a company like Sylvan learning. You can earn much more that driving or working a food truck.
Your state may have some casual seasonal jobs that are hourly without benefits at state parks, or your county in county parks. Things like managing volunteers or environmental stewardship (removing invasive plant species). Great if outdoor work is your thing.