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In WORK & INCOME, you'll find video reports, articles, and resources about second careers and other sources of income you may discover during retirement.

NBR's year-long "Get Your Finances Ready for Retirement" series brings soon-to-be and recent retirees the information they need to make their finances last through their retirement years.Image of teacher at the chalkboard.

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FROM THE U.S. News & World Report ARCHIVE:

10 Tips for Evaluating an Early Retirement Offer
When companies are looking to reduce the size of their workforce, they sometimes try to entice workers...

How Working Affects Retirement Benefits
Going back to work after you sign up for Social Security can affect your benefits if you earn too much money...

A Flexible Schedule -- and No Stress
Two months--that was about how long it took Paul LeMaire to tire of retirement. "I had done all my...

Going Your Own Way
It all started with a cookie. Dark-chocolate chunk with hazelnut, to be specific. And with that...

5 Steps to Starting a Second Career
Who doesn't fantasize about a second career? Especially if you've worked in the same field for 20...

Resources Tab

CALCULATOR:

Projected Retirement Income
A useful calculator created by S&P Financial Communiations.

EXTERNAL LINKS:

Personal Fulfillment in Retirement
Encore.org provides news, resources and connections for boomers seeking meaningful second careers.

The Retirement Estimator
A benefits estimator from the Social Security Administration.

Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities
Fighting Inflation with Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities.

TIPS
What are TIPS? Learn more about these bonds and how they work.

You Can Work and Get Social Security at the Same Time
A retirement planner feature from the Social Security Administration.

Benefits Check Up
Search for additional benefits with this tool from the National Council on Aging.

Should People Work Longer, and Will They?
A fact sheet examining the benefits of working longer from the Urban Institute.

Do Not Run With Your Retirement Money: Understanding Your Resources and How Best to Use Them
A downloadable booklet from the Actuarial Foundation filled with practical insights on annuities, self-managed investing, and dealing with lump sum distributions.

Working After Retirement: The Gap Between Expectations and Reality (PDF)
A study from the Pew Research Center that analyzes current trends in working after retirement.

*These external links take you off the NBR website on PBS.org. NBR has no affiliation with these sites.

Reports Tab
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Retiring Sooner than Planned

April 6, 2009

If you've been forced to retire early, prepare to spend more years in retirement with fewer dollars.

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Ways to Boost Income in Retirement

March 16, 2009

Tips to keep in mind about investments that promise high income.

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Second Acts: Working in Retirement

September 22, 2008

If the rocky economy is leading you to consider work after you retire, make sure you're well-prepared.

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Rewriting the Retirement Routine

March 8, 2007

From the NBR archive: Commentator Robert Morison suggests working longer.

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The Retiree Agency

August 28, 2006

From the NBR archive: Diane Eastabrook profiles a company that helps retirees combine work and leisure.

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Get Your Finances Ready for Retirement is made possible by a grant from the FINRA Investor Education Foundation.

Production support for Get Your Finances Ready for Retirement provided by U.S. News & World Report.

Information presented in this series is reviewed by an advisory board of financial planning experts.