On any given day, it’s not unusual to walk past an office conference room and find balloons and a “Happy Retirement” banner floating over a group of coworkers gathered for a colleague’s send-off. But what happens after the party? Often, the life of leisure loses its luster, and the retiree seeks a return to the workforce.
Research from the Rand Corporation indicates that more than half of retirees are open to the prospect of reentering the workforce, and many are doing just that. After all, today’s retirees are often healthy and eager to keep contributing to an employer. Also, employers often want them back, since the low unemployment rate of recent years has made jobs hard to fill. So, retirees going back to work in some capacity seems like a win-win proposition. It’s not without complications, though.
