Are you planning for retirement, or has it already arrived but isn’t living up to your expectations? At Canada Career Counselling, we work with people at all phases of career. We provide retirement counselling to support folks who want to stay active, connected, and engaged in their communities.
People return to the workforce for a variety of reasons post-retirement:
1. To Achieve Fulfillment
A sense of fulfillment can include utilizing your current skillset in novel ways, learning new skills, pursuing work that aligns with interests and values, or sharing knowledge with your community.
2. To Maintain Mental and Physical Health
A sense of fulfillment can support the maintenance of mental and physical health by creating routines and structure, providing intellectual stimulation, and introducing routine physical activity.
3. To Engage with Social Interaction
Our career also contributes to our social identity by creating a social network to actively engage in, supporting us in mentoring or training others, and in making meaningful contributions to the lives of others.
4. To Pursue Financial Independence
For some retirees, work also allows a sense of financial independence. It can supplement retirement income and allow people to enjoy and engage actively with the things they love in retirement.
Community engagement or active employment in retirement can come in many forms, from volunteering, mentorship and consultancy, and part- or full-time employment. No matter what your motivation, career counselling can help you create a plan to be retirement-ready.
