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Retirees Can Use Skills to Volunteer

The Chicago Tribune, 10/11/09

Abstract:

Steve Mercer spent 35 years with General Electric and Boeing, mostly developing executive talent jobs. Now, he's developing the math skills of a fifth-grader.

Barbara Zavodny, a senior benefits manager for a major food company for nearly two decades, now counsels Medicare recipients about benefit options.

Two years after taking an early retirement package from Hewlett-Packard, former marketing vice president Gina Cassinelli is working part time for a small stipend on a marketing campaign for a program to boost academic achievement in low-income middle-school students.

Dr. Steve Webster now helps lead an organization that gets medical care to patients who fall between the cracks of private insurance and public aid.

Like a lot of retirees, these 50- and 60-somethings had a vague desire to stay engaged. They made a successful jump to volunteering with a disciplined focus on transferring their career skills to a new venture.

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