Jobs for Senior Citizens

Posted on by Emily in General

Jobs for Senior Citizens – I realize that I’ve just written a post about jobs for people over 60, but it was really aimed at people who aren’t ready to retire and not senior citizens. I suppose some people don’t really make the distinction, but I feel compelled to. I think that for many people in their 60′s there is a turning point from working citizen to senior citizen. The way I see it, a senior citizen is a person who is over the retirement age, or around 65-67 in America. For many people at this particular age, retiring from a 40-year career is appealing, but that doesn’t mean they want to stop working altogether.

Jobs for Senior Citizens

I’ve written before that retiring from working altogether too early can actually be bad for your health. Studies have shown that people who retire at 55 are more likely to die 10 years after retirement than people who retire at 65. Why? Because it turns out we need to stay active to stay alive. Stimulation and light doses of stress are good for us.

Hopefully these stresses don’t include worrying about money. Jobs for Senior Citizens should really be more about how to occupy your part of your time and stay active, rather than having an income.

The following are jobs that I would like to have when I’m a senior citizen:

Volunteer - I always feel guilty that  I don’t spend enough time volunteering, but it’s difficult when you’re working full time. That’s why I hope that after I retire I’ll be able to give back to the community as much as possible.

Mentor - With years of experience in your field, there’s a lot of opportunity for you to help someone who is up and coming. Or just become a life mentor– advice is priceless. I like the idea of sharing my life knowledge with a fledgling.

Librarian - Okay, again this is my dream senior citizen job– to work in a library. The idea of spending time surrounded by books and making suggestions sounds heavenly.

Museum Tour Guide  – Museums have volunteer tour guides all the time and its a great opportunity to learn more, or just have people at your mercy to listen to you as you geek out about something you’re passionate about. For me (again this is a dream job), this would be either being a museum tour guide at the natural history museum and teaching people about dinosaurs or being a tour guide at an aquarium and talking about fish all day long.

At the end of the day, however, it’s just important to stay active and a job can help many senior citizens do just this.

Jobs for Senior Citizens

Jobs for Senior Citizens

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