This article discusses the issue of later-life career planning for adults. Many older adults choose to return to employment rather than enter the traditional retirement stage of their life cycle. The article considers career options for the older adult.The twenty-first century brings a myriad of challenges for career counselors. One developing trend is the reemergence of the older adult into the workplace. As the pool for potential employees lessens and older adults are faced with increased longevity, strained finances, and a desire for something other than the stereotypical retired lifestyle, many older adults are reentering the job market.This article addresses the unique issues experienced by this population and specific interventions aimed at providing career counseling to this group.Hansen (1993) coined the phrase "later life planning" as a way of differentiating career counseling with older adults from the common retirement planning that most professionals see themselves doing with this population. Those career counselors who provide retirement planning are Anding themselves focusing more on employment opportunities for the older adult than on identifying leisure activities or relocation options (A. Lands, personal communication, December 1. 1993).
In today's workplace, employees are faced with the potential of corporate downsizing, mergers and acquisitions, and job restructuring and relocation. These trends create a sense of job insecurity for the individual. Job insecurity affects the individual's life in a variety of ways, including emotional and psychological consequences, marital and family consequences, and organizational consequences. This article presents an overview of the effects of job insecurity and strategies that counselors can use in working with the job‐insecure client.
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