Boomers want to do more with their career. And they're not letting a little thing like retirement stop them. In a recent study, Metlife addresses what it's calling a new "social movement" wherein millions of baby boomers say they want, or have actively pursued "encore" careers.
The survey confirmed that between 5.3 and 8.4 million people ages 44 to 70 have found encore careers. And about half of those respondents who have not found an encore career indicate that they want to.
Where are boomers working during the next phase of their life? Most (30 percent) have found employment in education, followed by heath care (23 percent), government (16 percent), nonprofit organizations (13 percent) and for-profit businesses that serve a public good (9 percent).
