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Find work at 50+ DENISE TAYLOR AWARD WINNING CAREER PSYCHOLOGIST WITH AMAZING PEOPLE WWW.AMAZINGPEOPLE.CO.UK/50SHOW

About Denise  Chartered Psychologist, Career Coach and author of 8 books  Adventurer – will spend my 60 th birthday in Pakistan  40s/50s dancing (Lindy/Balboa)  Lover of electronic dance music  Grandmother to 5  Reader of dystopian fiction Find Work at 50+ with Denise Taylor, Award Winning Career Psychologist with www.amazingpeople.co.uk

Ernestine Shepherd “Age is nothing but a number” Determined – Dedicated – Disciplined 80 year old body builder, started visiting the gym aged 56 Find Work at 50+ with Denise Taylor, Award Winning Career Psychologist with www.amazingpeople.co.uk

Aleksander Doba Aleksander Doba, 67 – completed the longest open-water kayaking expedition across the Atlantic Find Work at 50+ with Denise Taylor, Award Winning Career Psychologist with www.amazingpeople.co.uk

Career Stages Foundation Career Mid Career Encore Careers Retirement 20- 35- 50- 75+ 35 50s 75+ Underpinned by transitions Find Work at 50+ with Denise Taylor, Award Winning Career Psychologist with www.amazingpeople.co.uk

Is this your life? Find Work at 50+ with Denise Taylor, Award Winning Career Psychologist with www.amazingpeople.co.uk

Are you still working?  Family commitments  A decent pension but still want to work; you see a life without work as boring and lonely.  Work has many benefits – it is good for our physical and mental health and well-being.  … but maybe wanting to take it easier, and have more free time? Find Work at 50+ with Denise Taylor, Award Winning Career Psychologist with www.amazingpeople.co.uk

Is it more like this? Find Work at 50+ with Denise Taylor, Award Winning Career Psychologist with www.amazingpeople.co.uk

Some of us miss work Find Work at 50+ with Denise Taylor, Award Winning Career Psychologist with www.amazingpeople.co.uk

Questions to consider if you want a new job  Why do I want to work?  How much money do I need/want to earn?  How many hours to work?  Something new or more of the same? Find Work at 50+ with Denise Taylor, Award Winning Career Psychologist with www.amazingpeople.co.uk

So what can you do?  More of the same?  A low paid/low stress part-time job  Freelance / consultancy / Project work  Encore career  Create a business  Create a portfolio life Find Work at 50+ with Denise Taylor, Award Winning Career Psychologist with www.amazingpeople.co.uk

Making choices Find Work at 50+ with Denise Taylor, Award Winning Career Psychologist with www.amazingpeople.co.uk

More of the same Find Work at 50+ with Denise Taylor, Award Winning Career Psychologist with www.amazingpeople.co.uk

A low paid/low stress part-time job Find Work at 50+ with Denise Taylor, Award Winning Career Psychologist with www.amazingpeople.co.uk

Freelance / consultancy / Project work Find Work at 50+ with Denise Taylor, Award Winning Career Psychologist with www.amazingpeople.co.uk

Encore career Find Work at 50+ with Denise Taylor, Award Winning Career Psychologist with www.amazingpeople.co.uk

Create a business Heidi Rasmussen - Retailing Executive to Health Care Entrepreneur  Kenny Thacker - Construction Worker to Co-Owner of Beer Hound Brewery and  Brewmaster David Harris – VP of a tech company to Owner of Timberline Adventure Tours  Louise Mann - Sales Manager for a Realty Firm to Co-Owner of Wash Day  Laundromats Vicky Lewis - High-tech Program Manager to Owner of Mazama Coffee  Company John Bialk - Rental Property Manager to Inventor of Quietyme, a noise detector  Kaye Stone-Gansz - Executive at Xerox to Owner of a gravel pit  Find Work at 50+ with Denise Taylor, Award Winning Career Psychologist with www.amazingpeople.co.uk

Earn money quickly Bookkeeping 1. Build flat-pack furniture 2. Cater for a dinner party/lunches 3. Cleaning – be very special 4. Clothing alterations 5. Concierge service – collect cleaning, wait in for deliveries, etc. 6. Dog-walking 7. Freelance writing/ editing / proofreading 8. Internet business – you can sell gigs on fiverr.com, create wedding plans, design logos 9. IT help desk – focus on home users? 10. Jewellery – create and sell on Etsy or eBay or craft fairs 11. Provide hospitality to language students 12. Find Work at 50+ with Denise Taylor, Award Winning Career Psychologist with www.amazingpeople.co.uk

Create a portfolio life Find Work at 50+ with Denise Taylor, Award Winning Career Psychologist with www.amazingpeople.co.uk

Making a choice and setting goals Find Work at 50+ with Denise Taylor, Award Winning Career Psychologist with www.amazingpeople.co.uk

Time to think about success Find Work at 50+ with Denise Taylor, Award Winning Career Psychologist with www.amazingpeople.co.uk

Looking ahead Find Work at 50+ with Denise Taylor, Award Winning Career Psychologist with www.amazingpeople.co.uk

Next Steps … Download the slides from www.amazingpeople.co.uk/50show Find Work at 50+ with Denise Taylor, Award Winning Career Psychologist with www.amazingpeople.co.uk