What type of Part Time jobs do most young retirees do? (beach, relocate)

[zee909]

Younger and older retirees both are in pretty high demand as Tax Professionals. The larger, national companies offer classes and, on completion, you may go to work for them. It can sometimes amount to full-time-part-year work, but you can pretty much name your hours. You get to work with some amazing people.

[GregW]

I am an environmental scientist with governmental regulatory experience in air and water quality. As well as the scientific background I have a knack for mechanics and metal work including fairly high level machining and welding. I am considering relocating to central new Mexico and will probably be looking for part time work after I retire.

Anyone on this board familiar with the area have any suggstions?

Thanks, Greg W

[ontheroad]

When you say Central NM, where do you mean, GregW? I lived in Taos until 2 months ago and although off the top of my head I can't make a suggestion, I do know it is more likely to find work of this kind in/near either Santa Fe or Albuquerque--and possible with the NM government. Part-time employment is not uncommon in state government.

Originally Posted by GregW

I am an environmental scientist with governmental regulatory experience in air and water quality. As well as the scientific background I have a knack for mechanics and metal work including fairly high level machining and welding. I am considering relocating to central new Mexico and will probably be looking for part time work after I retire.

Anyone on this board familiar with the area have any suggstions?

Thanks, Greg W

[OREGONRAIN]

I work for rental car companies part time, I shuttle their cars from a central location to both suburban ,nearby cities and airport locations. Most of the drivers are retired people. In Portland one must contend with a lot of students and immigrants for part time jobs, I feel lucky I found this one some time ago now. I do believe once you hit 50 it is much more difficult to find work, I think actually now, it is hard once you are older than the majority looking for work period, that could be someone as young as their 30's.

[GregW]

OTR - We are looking in the Socorro area.

[ontheroad]

Although I've been there for a day or two, I can't say much about job prospects. It does have a technical school in town, I believe. You might get a better handle on the question if you post your question in the New Mexico forum, that is, if you haven't already. I stopped following that board when I left two months ago.

Socorro is very small, but I know that you are familiar with small New England towns. The major difference I see geographically is that in New England, we have many contiguous towns that offer services and opportunities across townships; New Mexico is more spread out and cross-over is more limited and distances are great between towns (more than Maine).

Originally Posted by GregW

OTR - We are looking in the Socorro area.

[MotleyCrew]

A few years ago we met a retired Judge that was driving a little boat at DisneyWorld. You never know who you will bump into today.

[socal john]

I'm a retired Correctional Counselor (Case Worker) from the Ca Dept Of Corrections. I would like to work PT to build up my SS benefits of which I have little since I worked so long in PERS. Unfortunately, nobody wants me. Either bad publicity due to my prior employer, or my age is holding me up. Even jobs I have direct experience in are denied me (no response). There was a time when you at least got a courtesy reply of denial. Now they simply ignore you. Ofcourse, the price of gas makes driving a long distance for meager wages prohibitive. I guess I'm a dinosaur. Hell, I'm only 59!

[knoxgarden]

I do part time work and I also volunteer. Some of it is extra money and some is interaction. I also take classes.
I'm in Knoxville, TN, home of the University of Tennessee. The large student population generates a lot of part time jobs and employers are more willing to hire people part-time. They really like retirees who will stick around for more than a couple of semesters.
I've run into retirees selling cars, driving shuttles for Enterprise Car Rental, working fast food places and all over Wal-Mart. Some do handyman work. I think there's a company in town that just uses retired plumbers, carpenters etc. to work part time.
The internet creates jobs for people who can go and get information. I make daily runs to the courthouse to do records checks. I know of a couple of retirees who type in summaries of that day's court cases for legal websites.
I like the odd little jobs that get me out of the house and bring in some extra spending money. I delivered the Wall Street Journal for awhile. That's a good one for night owls with economy cars.
The libraries here use part-timers. There are seasonal jobs around: working the UT bookstore, selling programs at football games, concessions at ice hockey and minor league baseball games. There are lots of things you can do if you think outside of 9-5 and having to earn a living.

[knoxgarden]

Originally Posted by GregW

I am an environmental scientist with governmental regulatory experience in air and water quality. As well as the scientific background I have a knack for mechanics and metal work including fairly high level machining and welding. I am considering relocating to central new Mexico and will probably be looking for part time work after I retire.

Anyone on this board familiar with the area have any suggstions?

Thanks, Greg W

Have you considered teaching at a community college or technical school? Around here, they look for people like you. See if your current or former employer uses retirees part-time. The Tennessee Valley Authority does and has a whole website set up for it:
MyBVI.org - TVA Contract Work (http://www.mybvi.org/mambo/content/view/33/44/ - broken link)
Check state and local government websites for employment or projects that may need consultants. A lot use part-timers to stretch the budget.
Look at projects area colleges and universities are getting grants for that could use your expertise and that interest you.