Attention baby boomers - If you're not ready to spend the rest of your life golfing, traveling or doing anything else that comes after retirement, good news awaits -- you don't have to. Today's retirees are defying the stereotypes that surround retirement by changing careers, rather than ending them. 2 r' n2 D7 c7 }
" n% W& `7 s/ N6 b2 Q0 b4 A! JClarence "Nic" Nicodemus, 64, is living proof. At the ripe age of 61, Nicodemus graduated from Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine (COM) and was preparing for a one-year internship, according to a 2004 press release from Michigan State University. Nicodemus joined COM at age 57, after spending a decade teaching classes and doing orthopedic research at the University of Texas. He said going to med school was the next logical step in his career and a lifelong dream.
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"I feel like I can relate to patients of any age," he said. "A patient can bring up any subject -- grandchildren or a death in the family or a disease in the family -- and I can relate to them."6 c: n7 g" [( e9 A: x. B
: k: w2 v8 U0 R2 dLike Nicodemus, many baby boomers - the chunk of our population born in 1946 through 1964 - haven't been able to work in highly fulfilling jobs. Working lackluster, draining, even hazardous jobs just to bring home a paycheck was the norm for boomers just trying to get by. But times, they are a changin'.
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"The chances are good that you [baby boomers] are better able than at any time previously to choose work that will be fulfilling," Michael Farr and Laurence Shatkin, Ph.D. write in their new book, "225 Best Jobs for Baby Boomers." For reasons that vary from being under less financial stress to being able to consider part-time work for the first time, boomers now have the option of making another career move instead of retiring.
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Farr and Shatkin analyzed data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics to formulate lists of jobs with a high percentage of baby boomers -- specifically, the jobs for which 40 percent of the workforce is age 45 or older. The jobs listed had the best combination of high salaries, fast growth and ample job openings. 7 a6 E9 T; H9 b, e& c; L- M8 D. `
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Of the 225 jobs highlighted in the book, here are the 25 best of the best according to Farr and Shatkin.+ l- v2 J) g# w9 N l: m0 m" o O
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Management Analysts
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Projected annual openings: 78,000
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Teachers, Postsecondary5 N0 J, p) Z/ n v/ L- ]8 f( u% U A
What they make: $66,000
# z) }: g$ V9 {( j+ v+ C/ z" BProjected annual openings: 216,0009 c7 ]5 o% J8 i# J% X
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Logisticians* x0 e2 @" l; L8 ~
What they make: $56,3008 W& S# m; ^/ V1 [2 t! ]
Projected annual openings: 162,000- `) |% D9 k+ c$ z2 \% K
* ^& I a! e/ Q4 d% W# HGeneral and Operations Managers
1 m* u+ I+ }* eWhat they make: $68,7008 b% F0 y0 {+ y: |: r7 [
Projected annual openings: 260,000
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Registered Nurses
" H" L: N/ Q* E2 wWhat they make: $58,600
* J6 m+ A) c2 Z+ n% ]; P0 PProjected annual openings: 215,000' T$ f% n" B8 e1 V/ c3 H' T" t
- `, T* b# F2 b6 {- AAnesthesiologists: d f7 J& h' K1 X0 b
What they make: $250,200
3 A; O9 S: B: Y9 p2 n pProjected annual openings: 38,000
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General Internists
" B# T( Y* F3 z0 }0 m" zWhat they make: $152,700
7 { A6 f/ T. ^2 d6 rProjected annual openings: 38,000
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3 i1 }3 g/ q3 m, zObstetricians and Gynecologists* f: n2 s$ P6 r- u
What they make: $193,500# Y) o' n* y1 U4 Z6 F: o0 o
Projected annual openings: 38,000
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9 ^9 v }: x5 p) d" P8 j( Y6 ePsychiatrists
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Projected annual openings: 38,000
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, N. d, b$ ]5 Q6 V; K& qSurgeons1 Y7 g5 v& |" m
What they make: $198,200
# [) z- a4 o$ O( }Projected annual openings: 38,000) }- i2 K9 G- r
4 a$ O* Z7 V! G _' j+ Z [$ ^Family and General Practitioners' U8 r. F$ p7 ~0 Z
What they make: $131,000- ?& X5 R( A( f% e2 W* t
Projected annual openings: 38,000
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General Pediatricians' r" b% s% i1 i" p& y. \# s; L: `
What they make: $128,300. T% i* w6 h, ]& D* {
Projected annual openings: 38,000
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5 s H# M+ _- SMedical and Health Services Managers* _# G2 l" Z+ @
What they make: $75,000 ^1 R6 o! M! \6 N/ x
Projected annual openings: 33,000+ w Y) q. k1 m
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Financial Managers, Branch or Department
4 | G/ C! b( Z! E( ^" Q3 ~What they make: $73,600
# m6 T! j; I# \! v( d& K& QProjected annual openings: 71,000
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Treasurers, Controllers and Chief Financial Officers
: ?; r. I y; V, q$ T xWhat they make:$95,200-$119,700 n5 g2 L9 r( P# M2 \* z4 F
Projected annual openings: 71,0004 m# `1 q+ C3 [) o) x
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Chief Executives; @/ Z: H/ C0 `+ Y1 z/ H, F
What they make: $168,100
7 q7 Q$ ^* T# _1 C8 a. FProjected annual openings: 63,000* _3 t( X" O+ P" H. D9 ^
3 X/ J1 ]9 P! h' ~Government Service Executives
f, ^% M2 \8 o r& r9 ?4 v' E. NWhat they make: $72,900: E7 c: j3 @, G$ X, [3 c
Projected annual openings: 63,000
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Private Sector Executives1 F3 |* y1 D" j/ I- I
What they make: $113,000-$123,600& W; m R- P; Q( Y
Projected annual openings: 63,000
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" Z8 G' _7 `& q7 [8 o( LPharmacists" ]) E8 D3 {: G0 T9 G5 p/ ?
What they make: $93,6008 s; Y- X* S7 U
Projected annual openings: 23,000
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9 h7 h' f% Q) h# {; ~9 V9 y/ rWhat they make: $110,2009 i' Q* e: P2 T/ c6 Y7 f' |
Projected annual openings: 53,000
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9 }5 j7 f A" SEducation Administrators, Elementary and Secondary School
+ M/ _) V3 \7 S; t' r+ P& v; M( LWhat they make: $59,8009 r& [* m7 B: j
Projected annual openings: 31,000
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* r9 s, X) t; {8 J) i/ M n. b/ gAdministrative Services Managers6 \( R7 `( i2 w6 {: L4 m0 J
What they make: $41,100
6 |. R9 x8 x6 Z- Z% W" `5 ^) U1 GProjected annual openings: 40,0000 s) [. U0 F4 i8 x# {% D
0 j; c1 t/ t2 m$ _. G" mSales Representatives, Agricultural; s. ^! ?; r3 |- W
What they make: $60,900* (wholesale and manufacturing), \" }$ B, D4 ?
Projected annual openings: 44,000# h1 f6 [# F, C* P* b4 a
0 w! i7 C% h. {6 N# S8 ^$ BSales Representatives, Chemical and Pharmaceutical
' Q' t4 _. q! h hWhat they make: $90,700
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Sales Representatives, Electrical/Electronic
( W# O. M O8 A5 a( n9 d rWhat they make: $81,600
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& g h! A1 n% @0 }8 E, R rSalary data provided by PayScale.com for CBsalary.com.
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