Why baby boomers are choosing to ‘unretire’ and head back to work

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Employees spend their entire careers setting themselves up for a successful retirement, where they can live comfortably and happily without ever having to think about work again. But closing the door on a decades-long career is not so simple for some

Currently, 11% of retirement-aged seniors are employed, according to a recent survey from ResumeBuilder, and another 11% are working part-time. Of that group, 61% have yet to retire, but 39% have already retired and have then returned to the workforce in a trend that is rapidly gaining momentum, known as “unretirement.” 

Paola Peralta
Associate Editor

Paola Peralta is an Associate Editor at Employee Benefit News and has been with the team for five years. She is a proud UCF journalism graduate who got her start through a Dow Jones News Fund … Read full bio


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