by Paul McKeon | Apr 22, 2015 | Articles
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 skills there...
by Paul McKeon | Apr 17, 2015 | Articles
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...
by Paul McKeon | Apr 2, 2015 | Articles
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...
by Paul McKeon | Mar 5, 2015 | Articles
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 yearly basis. We have...
by Paul McKeon | Mar 5, 2015 | Articles
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 nothing if he wished to. While all...
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