Greater longevity is changing the way we learn, earn, connect, and live.
Instead, people of all ages are navigating a nonlinear, multistage life experience.
Research abounds on how often workers change jobs, but recareering is a different, bolder move.
As media outlets have often noted, workers across many industrieschange jobs many times.
Quitting one job and accepting another is common, just part of bringing home a paycheck.
The centuries-old pattern to work at the same job or profession right up to retirement has become obsolete.
At an average age of 36, a quarter of people changed careers a second time.
AARP found various motivations for recareering.
Some people also switch to get greater flexibility in their work schedules.
These career goals become increasingly likely as people live longer, healthier lives.
Interview participants also shared career narratives filled with lifes unexpected twists and turns.
Divorce, illness, layoffs, and workplace conflict all fueled unplanned career changes.
In many cases, these older workers found postretirement careers more in line with a particular passion.
To examine these questions, AARP collected data from three sources.
