Retirement Jobs | Retirement Jobs News for 02/22/2009

Oakland Tribune - New assessor-recorder-county clerk named
February 18, 2009 -- The San Joaquin County Board of Supervisors has named Ken Blakemore to be the county's assessor-recorder-county clerk. The position has been...

The reality of retraining when jobs disappear (Kitchener - Waterloo Record)
KITCHENER (Feb 21, 2009) -- After 15 years of making car seat parts at Lear Corp. in Kitchener, Sharon Graf is back to the drawing board, trying to adjust to the new reality that manufacturing jobs have mostly vanished for good...

Lotterman: Retirement funds will fluctuate over time - Idaho Statesman
P eople's responses to the stock market collapse - and their decisions about whether to save or spend - are much affected by their perceptions of their own wealth. Like most people, I have seen the value of some of my retirement funds drop over the ...

Poverty: It's here, and we're worried - Marion Star
WASHINGTON (AP) - As the economy continues to struggle, the public is growing increasingly concerned about losing jobs, not having enough money to pay the bills and seeing their retirement accounts shrink, according to an Associated Press-GfK poll ...

Sunday Mirror - Your motoring: Bob ditches his job with GM
February 15, 2009 -- Hot on the heels of BMW design guru Chris Bangles decision to call it a day, yet another high profile name from the world of motoring has decided...

Independent, The (London) - Should we have stopped Roosevelt after two terms?
February 14, 2009 -- Comment Only the media make the argument that there should be time limits on holding power, and that's because someone losing and a changing of...

Afraid of opening your 401(k) statement? - CharlotteObserver.com

CharlotteObserver.com

Afraid of opening your 401(k) statement?
CharlotteObserver.com, NC
. book EURœThe Retirement Vault: A Guide to Protecting Your Assets in an Age of Uncertainty.EUR He also is CEO of Coastal Investment Advisors, based in Southport, south of Wilmington on the NC coast. 1. What happens to my 401(k) money if I lose my job? .

Retirement Jobs - Tips for Seniors Seeking Employment
At least one in four older Americans are either postponing their retirement or seeking to return to the workforce, while 4 in 10 employers have designed programs to encourage late-career workers to stay past their traditional retirement ...

Why People Never Grow Old with Retirement Jobs
In fact, surveys show that almost 58% of those who are at an early retirement stage and are engaged in retirement jobs had contended that the reason why they still want to work is that they still want to serve their community. ...

Topeka Capital-Journal, The - Letters to the editor
February 15, 2009 -- Disturbing vote Working women who voted for Lynn Jenkins should be sorry they did so in light of her vote against the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Play...

Poverty: It's here, and we're worried (The Marion Star)
WASHINGTON (AP) - As the economy continues to struggle, the public is growing increasingly concerned about losing jobs, not having enough money to pay the bills and seeing their retirement accounts shrink, according to an Associated Press-GfK poll...

Deseret News (Salt Lake City) - To fuel economy, remove barriers to education
February 16, 2009 -- Though public officials tell us we're not as bad off as other states, it is little comfort if you are one of those 31,016 Utahns projected to lose...

Lawmakers seek to raise retirement age for police, firefighters - Eagle Tribune

Lawmakers seek to raise retirement age for police, firefighters
Eagle Tribune, MA
Critics of the bill say jobs such as firefighting and police work are largely a young person's game, and lawmakers haven't done enough to study the long-term effects of increasing the retirement age. James Foley, a Pelham firefighter and paramedic who .

Small business: By a thread - Minneapolis Star Tribune
Kurosh Amrami with his wife, Soheyla, has seen business cycles come and go in his three decades in the Oriental rug business, but nothing like this. Business is down 15 to 20 percent for the year. In the past two months EUR” just as he moved into an ...

Older workers pursue job-search skills - Christian Science Monitor

Christian Science Monitor

Older workers pursue job-search skills
Christian Science Monitor, MA
Workplace specialists emphasize the importance of using online resources in a job search. Applicants who once turned to help-wanted ads in newspapers now scan Internet job boards. Some specifically serve older workers. RetirementJobs.com, which .

Expert tips for finding retirement jobs | RetirementRevised
The best-laid plans of mice and men often go awry, and so it goes with retirement in 2009. The brutal stock market decline and frozen real estate market have wrecked the retirement plans of many Americans, who now find themselves back ...

Sears Canada to cut 300 jobs (National Post)
Sears Canada said on Friday that it cut about 300 workers across the country as the large retailer struggles with falling consumer confidence and braces for weaker sales...

Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England) - Evening Chronicle: True cost of scandal; COMMENT
February 14, 2009 -- THE human cost of the Northern Rock crisis continues to mount more than a year after it was nationalised. Hundreds of people have lost their jobs...

ROBERT POWELL Three ways to deal with a smaller nest egg - MarketWatch

ROBERT POWELL Three ways to deal with a smaller nest egg
MarketWatch
See story on jobs related to stimulus plan. Also consider such Web sites as RetiredBrains.com or RetirementJobs.com, which just posted its list of the top 50 cities for retirement job seekers. According to RetirementJobs, smaller states and smaller .

Oakland Tribune - Ask Amy: Humor might deflect Neanderthal
February 17, 2009 -- DEAR AMY: My husband has been retired for a number of years, and I hold a full-time job. We share household chores and are comfortable with our...

Alberta to lose 15,000 jobs in 2009: Iris Evans (National Post)
Albertas economy has slowed rapidly in recent months and will be in a recession this year due to the fallout from weak commodity prices and the global economic downturn, Finance Minister Iris Evans said Thursday...

Early retirement plan for county dropped (Vernon County Broadcaster)
An early retirement incentive plan for Vernon County employees was quashed last week after no profit could be found in it...

More Job Search Resources for Baby Boomers | Go To Retirement
Retirement Jobs has job listings and search resources and advice for 50+ workers. It also has a premium (pay) membership that is supposed to provide extra advice for job seekers. AARP links to Retirement Jobs content from its site. ...

West Yorkshire council cuts jobs - yorkshirepost
LEEDS City Council is shedding 450 jobs in a bid to slash costs as officers struggle to balance the books. The authority says around 650 jobs will go over the next year through natural wastage, early retirement, redeployment and posts not being ...

Daily Record, The (Baltimore) - Maryland Court of Special Appeals: Thomas v. State Retirement &
February 17, 2009 -- Administrative Law Special disability benefits BOTTOM LINE: Circuit court properly affirmed Administrative Law Judge's denial of state...

School Offers Retirement Incentive, Cuts Possible (East Aurora Advertiser)
The East Aurora School District is offering some of its more senior teachers a one-time retirement incentive this month, with the School Board and administration hoping to cut back expenditures and lay off fewer new teachers as it prepares for the 2009-2010 school year. Superintendent James Bodziak presented plans for the retirement incentive to the board at its Feb. 11 meeting...

Goodyear eliminates 5,000 jobs, posts loss (National Post)
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., the largest U.S. tiremaker, reported a fourth-quarter net loss of US$330-million and said it will eliminate almost 5,000 jobs and freeze salaries...

Retirement Jobs.Com:One Stop Resource For Boomers
Are you over the age of 50 and looking for a job? With the struggling economy, you may have exhaused all your means in finding future employment. Did you ever think to look on-line? If not, maybe you should. ...

Aderans, Kirin, Nippon Oil, SFCG, Toyota: Japan Equity Preview - Bloomberg
Feb. 23 (Bloomberg) -- The following companies may have unusual price changes in Japanese trading today. Stock symbols are in parentheses, and share prices are from the previous close. The information in each item was released after markets shut ...

Employment rulings stymie desire to work past retirement age - Communitycare.co.uk
Social workers who are beyond retirement age often still have plenty to offer the frontline, but recent employment rulings mean the choice isnt necessarily theirs. By Louise Tickle Anyone saving, investing or paying into a pension will feel ...

UF's DROP program scrutinized - Gainesville Sun

UF's DROP program scrutinized
Gainesville Sun, FL
Under the loophole, retiring employees can return to their old jobs if they stop working for at least a month. They can't receive a monthly retirement benefit for the next 11 months if they're also getting a university salary, other than an exception .

UF's DROP program scrutinized - Gainesville Sun
UF President Bernie Machen said he has pushed to end abuses of the Deferred Retirement Option Program, known as DROP, but the allegations and 20 other cases suggest the effort has seen mixed success. The program is intended to provide incentives for ...

Haves and have-nots in the stimulus package - Chicago Tribune

Haves and have-nots in the stimulus package
Chicago Tribune, United States
And it's become clear that retirement is out of the question: my friend needs to work to supplement her income. "Why is the government helping only those people who lost their jobs after September," Barbara complained in our conversation. .

Delphi to cut 775 jobs in auto sales slump (National Post)
Delphi Corp., the bankrupt auto-parts maker, is cutting 775 jobs, or 11% of the work force, at the companys steering components operation in Saginaw, Mich., in response to plummeting demand for autos...

Crisis hits the weak spots (The Japan Times)
The worst crisis in a century is eroding the Japanese economy as a growing number of "nonregular" workers lose their jobs. The unemployment rate in December reached 4.4 percent, up 0.5 percentage point from the previous month EUR” the steepest increase ever. The labor ministry estimates that by the end of March a total of 124,802 nonregular workers will have lost their jobs since October. An ...

Charleston is one of the 10 Best Cities for Job-Seeking Retirees .
Some of the best cities to find retirement jobs support several industries that tend to hold up well in turbulent economies. Huntsville, Ala., for example, has a mix of government jobs at the Redstone Arsenal and NASA's Marshall Space ...

Retirement Jobs Open For Those Seeking Work | Retirement
Fortunately, there are many different types of retirement jobs open for those who have voluntarily ended their previous career, and the need for experienced help is always increasing. Regardless of the reason, typically any one who ...

When Consumers Cut Back: A Lesson From Japan - New York Times

New York Times

When Consumers Cut Back: A Lesson From Japan
New York Times, United States
She says it is no relief that her husband, a public servant, can expect a hefty retirement package; pension payments could fall, and she has two unmarried children to worry about. EURœI want him to find another job, and work as long as hes able,EUR Mrs. .

81 education jobs are axed as council attempts to save 2.4m (The Herald)
A council has cut 81 school jobs, including 28 teaching posts, as part of a 2.4m savings drive. The move by Renfrewshire Council comes as local authorities are looking to save money as a result of tight budget settlements and a freeze on council tax...

Manufacturing jobs disappearing from Canada (National Post)
While the Canadian economy added 1.5 million people to employer payrolls during its peak years, roughly 322,000 manufacturing jobs -- or more than one in seven positions in the sector -- disappeared from the landscape, Statistics Canada reported Friday...

Manchester Library Hosts Seminar On post-Retirement Jobs - The Manchester Times

Manchester Library Hosts Seminar On post-Retirement Jobs
The Manchester Times, NJ
Emphasis will be placed on using a post retirement job or business opportunity to follow one's dreams and self-employment opportunities will be included. This program is open to the adult public free of charge. Please call 732-657-7600 or go online to .

Early retirement plan for county dropped (Vernon County Broadcaster)
An early retirement incentive plan for Vernon County employees was quashed last week after no profit could be found in it...

Retirement Jobs
Has your retirement fund tanked and you need to go back to work? Or, do you want to retire from your current job, but want to do something completely...

It's time to fix the 401(k) - CNN Money
(Money Magazine) -- Alicia Munnell is a Harvard-trained economist. She served as an assistant secretary of the Treasury and is regarded as one of America's foremost experts on 401(k)s. You'd think she'd be terrific at managing her own retirement, but ...

Pension program's interest rate cut - San Diego Union Tribune

Pension program's interest rate cut
San Diego Union Tribune, CA
EURœThere are plenty of people looking for jobs, and that means we'll find newer people who are eager to work for the city,EUR Sanders said. He added that departures could save the city money because new hires will be part of the new, less costly retirement .
Pension board lowers rate for pension program San Diego Union Tribune
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Over Here, Over There, Job Cuts Everywhere - CFO.com
There was the usual round of sizable layoffs this week, but this time, most of the headline-grabbing cuts were made by overseas companies, led by automakers. The biggest U.S. workforce reduction was also announced by a car company: General Motors ...

Market Wire - Caterpillar Moving Forward With $240 Million in New Plant Construction in the South, an Industrial Info News Alert
February 16, 2009 -- Researched by Industrial Info Resources(Sugar Land, Texas) -- In these tough economic times, CaterpillarIncorporated (NYSE:CAT) (Peoria,...

Retirement Jobs: Good News for Older Workers!
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Take opportunity while still working to build retirement cushion - Chicago Tribune

Take opportunity while still working to build retirement cushion
Chicago Tribune, United States
After 35 years with the same employer, I recently lost my job but was offered another position with the company at $85000 a year, a pay cut of $27000. My wife earns $19000. We have $850000 in savings. I will qualify for a company pension that pays .
Government pension agency braces for recession GoErie.com
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Deseret News (Salt Lake City) - Shepherding -- a sacred duty
February 17, 2009 -- After some two decades in uniform, U.S. Army Chaplain Keith Shurtleff plans to retire in the next year or so. There's much this lifelong Church...

Delphi Cuts About 800 Jobs - Street.Com
BUENA VISTA TOWNSHIP, Mich. -- Nearly 800 jobs are being eliminated at the steering division of Delphi Corp. near Saginaw, Mich. More on Automakers GM, Chrysler Labor Talks Hit Bumps Chrysler Official: No Fiat Deal Closing by Tuesday GM: No Plans to ...

Senior Jobs Are Best When Grown At Home | Retirement Income Report
Do you know why senior jobs are now becoming a synonym for retirement jobs? Heres a few scary reasons whyEUR¦ 1.The rock solid, dependable retirement pension from many companies worked at for decades is now shrinking down to a dot at the ...

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