Prepared by Carol Greenfield, President and Founder, Discovering What’s Next: ReVitalizing Retirement, Inc. and Principal, What’s Next Lifestage Consulting 

Online Resources

www.aarp.org – Everyone knows what this is! Amazing amount of useful information and great research on all aspects of retirement

www.discoveringwhatsnext.com – a community based approach to enabling people over 50 to transition successfully to their next stage of life

www.experiencecorps.org – Site of a national program with a local site in Massachusetts that promotes “new adventures in service for Americans over 55”.

www.workforce50.com – site dedicated to jobs at employers who are reaching out to the over-50 age group

www.retirementjobs.com – site devoted to jobs that match your “retirement” lifestyle

www.vocationvacations.com – test drive your dream job

Publications

Test Drive Your Dream Job: A Step-by-Step Guide to Finding & Creating The Work You Love, Brian Kurth, founder of VocationVacations, Hachette Group USA, 2008

Encore: Finding Work that Matters in the Second Half of Life, Marc Freedman, President and Founder, Civic Ventures, Public Affairs, 2007

Don’t Retire, Rewire: Five Steps to Fulfilling Work that Fuels Your Passion, Suits Your Personality, or Fills Your Pocket, Jeri Sedlar and Rick Miners, Penguin, 2003

Portfolio Life: The New Path to Work, Purpose, and Passion After 50, David Corbett with Richard Higgins, Jossey-Bass, 2006

Leap: What Will We Do with the Rest of Our Lives? Sara Davidson, Random House, New York 2007

Looking Forward: An Optimist’s Guide to Retirement, Ellen Freudenheim, 2004 (Also by Freudenheim, Boomer’s Guide to Good Work, www.civicventures.org )

Project Renewment: The First Retirement Model for Career Women, Bernice Bratter and Helen Dennis, Simon and Schuster, 2008