How to Prepare for the 100 Year Life

Speaker: Caroline Francis, Ed.S., CPRC, CCC, BCC, Director of UK Alumni Career Services

Title: How to Prepare for the 100 Year Life: Emerging trends in longevity, retirement, and encore careers

Brief Description:

What can you do to live a longer, healthier more fulfilling life? It is never too early to start preparing. Attend this fun and thought-provoking session to learn more about the 100-year life research (The 100 Year-Life: Living and Working in an Age of Longevity by Gratton and Scott) and its revolutionary implications for each generation in the workplace. Takeaways will include action steps in the four strategic pillars that you can begin right away, no matter your age. Spoiler alert – it includes some work.

Speaker Bio

Caroline Francis, Director of the University of Kentucky Alumni Career Services program is a Certified Professional Retirement Coach (CPRC), Certified Career Counselor (CCC), Certified Career Services Provider (CCSP), Global Career Development Facilitator (GCDF), Board Certified Coach (BCC) and Gallup-Certified Strengths Coach with over 25 years of experience working with adults in all stages of career transition.

Caroline has a passion for helping clients 1) discover their strengths 2) figure out what they want to do when they grow up and 3) successfully make their next step on their career life journey. Her work with encore career clients and helping professionals make successful retirement lifestyle transitions is becoming ever more popular as baby boomers and Gen X’ers totally redefine retirement – which will include some work. Additionally, she develops career-related programming, delivers keynotes, and workshops and writes regular columns for the UK Alumni magazine. In 2013, she co-founded the Central Kentucky Job Club, which is still going strong. Caroline has an Ed.S., M.S. and B.B.A. from the University of Kentucky and is a proud Life member of the UK Alumni Association.