Career Reinventions and the New Retirement Workscape

According to the latest retirement study by Merrill Lynch “Retirement used to mean the end of work. But now we’re at a tipping point: a majority of people will be continuing to work after they retire — often in new and different ways. Nearly half (47%) of today’s retirees say they either have worked or plan to work during their retirement. But an even greater percentage (72%) of pre–retirees age 50+ say they want to keep working after they retire, and in the near future it will become increasingly unusual for retirees not to work.”

Listen to Mariel Miller discuss Finding the Right Franchise Opportunity with Michael Pullman on the Franchisee Connect podcast.

Franchises are today’s hottest entrepreneurial opportunity — provided you know what you’re doing. Let’s say that you are seriously looking into buying a franchise. So, where do you start? This is not an easy question since there are more than 3,100 franchise concepts to choose from. Most people, I have found, regardless of how intelligent or experienced they may be in other businesses, don’t have a clue about how to go about investigating franchise opportunities — or — begin with a host of misconceptions and incorrect assumptions.