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Mature? Active? Around fifty? Over 50? An older worker? A baby boomer? Planning retirement? Retired? Absolutely no thoughts of retirement?
Do you want to make some changes?
If so, and if you're over 50, then in my prime is for you. We’re the leading organisation for mature, positive, energetic people who want to achieve more – at a time in their lives when others might be thinking of easing off, slowing down or planning for retirement. |
Perhaps you’re drawing to the end of a long career, one of the "older workers"? Perhaps changes in family or domestic circumstances call for some fundamental re-appraisal of the direction of your life? Perhaps your needs are financial, you just can’t afford to stop? Or maybe you’re just bored or frustrated and know that there must be more to life than this?
in my prime is all about helping and supporting you to:
- dispel all doubts (if you have any) - being over 50 is nothing to do with being old
really enjoy what you're doing, now and well into the future
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Primetastic! – 50 tips for life when you’re over 50
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Understanding the bigger picture on employability
One of the biggest responsibilities older people must surely have is trying to ensure that those who come behind us learn from our mistakes and benefit from the insights we’ve gained through having lived a greater number of years. While intergenerational conflict is a current flavour of the month for rationalising challenges and apportioning blame (“those old people stole our future – they don’t care about us”), in fact most older people are hardwired to care for and advise those coming up behind them, if only their own children.
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Is the recession good news for longevity-related issues?
On Monday evening I attended A British Library and Strategic Society Centre joint debate (at the British Library) entitled “Keep Calm and Carry On? Policy, Psychology and the Effects of ‘Economic War’” The interesting but rather eclectic session examined the psychological effects of economic uncertainty and how policymakers should respond.
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Nothing new to say about ageism
An article in yesterday’s Observer was entitled Ageism is back as unemployed over-50s struggle to get back into work. From this one might have hoped that it would have revealed some deep but profound secret that we weren’t aware of in that somewhere, for a period of time, ageism had gone away.
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Deciding when to retire
Today, when standard mandatory retirement ages are a thing of the past, it is more important than ever for employers to understand some of the factors underpinning the retirement decision. For example, the timing of retirement where one of the key myths is that a person’s retirement date will depend largely on when their partner decides to retire, particularly in the case of women.
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Abysmal knowledge about pensions
It has always seemed to me remarkable that our knowledge about many key aspects of life – whether financial, social or health-related – has to be obtained virtually by osmosis. Financial planning, parenthood, divorce… where do we learn what we really need to know about these and many other vital experiences? The answer, in respect of pensions at least, is that many of us don’t and either exist in a state of ignorance or just muddle by.
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Talking Point: Do you really know how to get the best out of your older workers?
As published on HRzone
Of all the things that we aspire to during our career, being an ‘older worker’ probably isn’t one of them. Yet, as we age, this identity is thrust upon us and, with it, a range of stereotypes based on other people’s perceptions.
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A little part-time job
It’s commonplace for older people say they’d like a little part-time job when they retire. But just how small can that job be?
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Giving older consultants a bad name
The model of older workers moving into consultancy in later life in order to both meet their own career and life aspirations and to free up jobs within the talent pipeline in their previous workplace is a good one.
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Budget blues
It has always seemed to me a great pity that politicians and business leaders never seem to take the big and painful decisions at the right time – that is when times are good, rather than when times are bad and they are no longer in control of the process. Oh for a few farsighted statesmen rather than the short-termists we always seem to get, concerned only with their own immediate impact and survival.
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The European Year of Active Ageing
In case you hadn’t yet noticed:-
“2012 is the (European Commission’s) European Year of Active Ageing and Solidarity between Generations. A chance for all of us to reflect on how Europeans are living longer and staying healthier than ever before – and to realise the opportunities that represents.
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Out now... Primetastic!
- 50 tips for life when you're over 50
Highly motivating, practical and thought provoking, our new book is all about rethinking your later years and becoming the person you want to be. Not just 'good for your age' - but Primetastic!
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