Programs for Businesses and Organizations

PSRC is available to partner with organizations to provide pre-retirement programs and services to their employees.

Lunch & Learn workshop

The Lunch & Learn workshop is a single session “Intro” to retirement. It explores some of the major issues facing new retirees and some of the options available to them, including volunteering and encore careers.

Multi-session workshops

Multi-session workshops in which attendees explore their attitudes toward retirement, work, aging and managing transitions; identify their hopes and dreams; research options for this stage of life; and develop a plan for achieving their dreams. This multi-session program is offered periodically at in public venues and is available for in house presentation in your company.

Programs for Individuals

PSRC’s Engaged Retirement Programs are about lifestyle in retirement, not about financial planning. Financial planning is the means to the end, not the end, which is a rewarding, satisfying next stage of life. Next Step offers many programs for individuals interested in planning their retirement, starting an encore career or finding re-employment. Look under these headings in the left menu to see what is being offered.

Encore Careers: Doing Good While Doing Well

Looking to combine passion, purpose and a paycheck in a second career or retirement job?  Find out how you can use your skills, knowledge and experience in an encore career in growth industries such as the education, health care, and environmental fields.   More info and upcoming events...

Engaged Retirement Speakers Series

Monthly presentations by professionals in retirement and financial planning, civic engagement, making a mark on the world, and physical and mental well-being. A joint program with Princeton Public Library. Second Tuesday of the month. See the Calendar of Events for the next scheduled program.

Engaged Retirement workshop

This multi-session hands-on series helps attendees envision and plan the retirement of their own design. Classes include presentations, readings, exercises, and discussions to help people identify their goals and develop a concrete plan for achieving those goals. Offered through the Princeton Adult School and Robert Wood Johnson Health & Wellness Center, Hamilton.

Introduction to Your Lifestyle in Retirement

This single session offers an introduction to planning for retirement or a major lifestyle change. It will help you explore your options for dealing with change, managing your time, identifying your passions and making a difference through volunteering.

Job Search Strategies for Older Workers

This program is designed to meet a critical need in the community. It addresses issues such as the changing structure of the job market, ageism in the job market, using the internet for job searches and networking, and avoiding job search scams on the internet. See Calendar of Events for the next scheduled program.

Maximizing Your Volunteer Experience

How to find the right volunteer opportunity and make the most of It. Volunteering at a nonprofit lets you make a difference in the community, and it can also expand your horizons, give you new skills and help you create new relationships. Learn how to connect to the many opportunities available and find the one(s) that will best meet your personal and professional goals.

Men in Retirement

This active, social group is for men approaching or in retirement. It meets monthly in general session, usually on the first or second Friday of the month and offers small group activities between meetings. Check the Calendar of Events for the next scheduled general meeting.   More info and upcoming events...

Planning for a second career

Next Step offers occasional programs and workshops on career planning and second or encore career development. See the Calendar of Events for the next scheduled event

Time At Last — Navigating Retirement

So much of our life and identity revolves around work. This monthly supportive group discusses the joys, concerns and challenges of having extra time and making decisions about how to use it to create fulfillment. A joint program with the Robert Wood Johnson Health & Wellness Center, Hamilton.   More info and upcoming events...

Voluntourism: Combine travel and service and see the world in a new light.

Voluntourism  combines voluntary service to a destination and its people with the traditional elements of travel and tourism - arts, culture, geography, history, and recreation.  You will learn about a different country and culture, and come home with a different perspective on your own culture.