Regardless of the word you use, people know this is what happens after your career ends. With the evolution of this stage of life come new ideas and new terms to describe them.
Bridge job, is one of these new concepts. What the heck is a bridge job? It's a job you might have during the period of time between your career and when you really retire, meaning being totally and unequivocally, unemployed.
The important thing to keep in mind is that retirement is a process, not an event. It may be a marathon, but not a sprint. It's a phase of life we can do over time. You don't have to have a long career and bam! Retire. You can, but you don't have to.
A bridge job might be the perfect transition for you, especially if you define yourself by your work. It might be a new line of work, it may be part time, it may mean self-employment or if you are self-employed you might enjoy working for someone else and letting them handle most of the responsibilities.
There are also some very hard hitting truths as to why you might consider a bridge job for yourself.
*There are many unanswered questions about Social Security and how stable it will be when it comes your time to collect.
*Many of you simply haven't saved enough during your working years to be able to retire when you thought you would.
*Too many contracted pensions and retirement plans have been a victim of over promised and under delivered.
*You are living longer and healthier than ever before. With life expectancy at an all time high, it obviously will cost you more if you wish to be self supporting and not rely on you children and/or the government.
In the United States, the average retirement age is 56 years old. That could mean 30 years living without working! Even if you have saved diligently, that's a long time to live without a pay check.
There are many statistics, available to interpretation. Generally speaking, 79% of Baby Boomers expect to work in later years. 52% work part time. Only 10% of the
Baby Boomer generation will retire in the traditional sense, moving from a full time career to a non-working lifestyle.
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Whether you are in need of a data mining application but never designed a database before, or simply want to save time on designing and managing a new database, your choices of database development tools are virtually limitless. FoxPro, Microsoft Access, FileMaker and many other tools are available at more or less reasonable prices.
But what if you have never done it before? Or what if you have no idea what the final product will look like, but need to get it working right away? Or what if you simply want to save time and efforts designing a database application? In that case, you need something to allow database development to be as simple as possible.
A visual approach to software and database development is not new, but modern tools such as Microsoft Access still require certain experience in database development. Using those tools, you have to know exactly what you are doing and keep in mind what you are going to get. If your idea of a final product is loose, or if you've never done it before, these tools do not necessarily represent the best choice for you.
Luckily, there are other tools on the market that make it possible to create and maintain a database without knowing what's inside or how to do it. is one of these tools. Designed to perform database development and maintenance in the most simple and visual way, SlyDB looks similar to Microsoft Outlook, a product familiar to most office users. With a familiar look and feel and a completely visual approach to database development, SlyDB allows anyone to design, launch and maintain a database quickly and efficiently with no prior experience whatsoever.
Despite the simple user interface, SlyDB is packed with features. Offering databases of any size and complexity, SlyDB allows for up to 4GB databases complete with all necessary forms, fields, formulas, multimedia features such as pictures and images, and interactive behavior thanks to support for emailing, scripting and reporting. Don't see a feature you need on this short list? Don't worry, there are more than twenty database fields and elements available to choose from, as well as over seventy types of scripting actions and more than thirty mathematical functions. With all these elements, there's no need to code anything by hand, ever. Just launch SlyDB and see how simple it is to design a new database!
Didn't put everything you wanted into the first release? No problem. Add or remove fields on the fly with SlyDB! No need to redesign your project or create a new database every time you need to make a change. Modify your database at any time, add or remove elements, or program a new behavior in a completely visual fashion. With SlyDB, you're just one click away from making a perfect database!
SlyDB represents a new generation of visual database development tools. With networking capabilities and flexible licensing policies allowing up to 16 developers sharing a single license, SlyDB also represents a great value for small offices and organizations. Just your free evaluation copy to find out more about the product!
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