Jobs Suitable for Semi-retirement & Side Hustles

by Elizabeth Bowker, CIL Founder & Lead Researcher

It’s been a busy time for me as I come to the end of spring term at UBC. This summer I’ll be researching multiple job holding, or poly-employment. This includes those with side-hustles. If you’re working more than one job, I’d love to hear from you. You can send me an email here.

Myself, I’m not ready for retirement, but I am ready for something new, something I hope I can keep doing in to my sixties and even seventies if I want to. If you’re going to keep working past age 65, and 1 in 5 of us are, then you want something that’s going to suit the age and stage you’re at.

In the last post I asked you to consider things like how you wanted to work and how much effort you were willing to put in to be in a position to make some money doing this new thing. Here I’ve created a list that categorizes your options based on skill level, stress and reward or return. I’ve included a separate category for artistic or creative endeavours. So here’s your list. Email us if you want more information about your options.

Lower skilled / lower stress

·       Wine tasting host

·       Driving

·       Babysitting

·       Blade sharpening

·       Car detailing

·       Dog walking

·       Vending machine ownership / management

·       Furniture refinishing

·       House cleaning

·       Tourism ambassador

Higher skilled / higher reward

·       All the trades

·       Vocational teaching

·       Small appliance repair

·       Real estate services

·       Small business management

·       Eldercare

·       Landscaping

·       Specialty food and drink making

·       Collectibles buy and sell

·       Landscaping / hardscaping

·       Light / heavy equipment operator

·       Training of large temporary workforces

·       Furniture repair

·       Teaching specialty skills

·       App development

·       Freelancing

·       Remote assistant

Artistic Endeavors

·       Mural painting

·       Selling arts and crafts in markets and online marketplaces

·       Furniture making

·       Creating YouTube videos

·       Photography

·      Textiles

What have I missed? Email me!