Ever wondered what skills you have to offer a prospective new employer? OK so the obvious ones related to a specific profession, trade or industry that you work in are easy. You’re an accountant or a plumber or in sales in pharmaceuticals, so the specific […]
Read MoreNew Flu Vaccines Cover Four Most Common Seasonal Influenze Viruses
This flu season Australians can access quadrivalent influenza vaccines (QIVs), for protection against four most common seasonal influenza viruses. This year, people in Australia will have access to vaccines which cover the four most common seasonal flu viruses. The general public will have the opportunity […]
Read MoreSuper Funds Offer Only Half A Solution
Many superannuation funds are still operating as if the only challenges that their retiring members faced were financial ones. It’s doubtful that any intelligent fund manager really believes that a happy and successful retirement is dependent solely on good financial management. Just planning for a […]
Read MoreAgeing Population A Drag On The Economy?
There’s been a lot of media coverage relating to the Intergenerational Report highlighting the fact that an ageing population will put a strain on the economy in the future. There has been a tendency to treat these future older people as an inconvenience that the […]
Read MoreResearch Shows Nine Out Of Ten Australians Believe Seniors Are Wiser Than Younger People
The old adage ‘Older and Wiser’ rings true! With Seniors Week just around the corner (14-22 March 2015), seniors everywhere can rejoice, as new research commissioned by Australian Hearing confirms what they have known all along – that they are considered wiser than younger people […]
Read MoreNew Book For Single Retirees
We have just published a new book for singles who are thinking about retirement or who have retired in the last couple of years. It’s called “How to be Happy, Retired and Single” and it contains articles from over 20 experts from a variety of […]
Read MoreIs Retirement An Abyss Or An Opportunity For Adventure?
Facing up to retirement is a challenge for most people who have spent the majority of their life in structured work. Notwithstanding the type of work, most of us have had the security of knowing the pattern of our lives on a daily, weekly and […]
Read MoreFreedom Carries Some Big Challenges
I was talking to a man at a retirement seminar last year and he told me that after working hard for the last 40 years, his idea of retirement was enjoying the freedom and leisure it offered. He included in that, the freedom to do […]
Read MoreDIY Retirement Plan
We have recently produced a comprehensive DIY retirement plan which makes it far easier for people to develop their own plan for the next stage of their lives. It comes as a detailed work book which you can download and complete in your own time. […]
Read MoreAre You Spending Too Much Time In Bed?
Are you spending too much time in bed? Do you know how much ‘shut-eye- you should be getting each night? Australia’s Sleep Health Foundation has adopted recommendations from America’s National Sleep Foundation, which is broken down into age-specific guidelines. The new sleep code is based […]
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