Life doesn’t end after retirement, as there are a lot of profitable ventures retirees can engage in. However, from my little research, I found that many retirees aren’t aware of this fact, hence they retire home with a confused mind, which later makes them succumb to just staying at home to count the remaining days they have left in life. Thankfully you have found this article on careers and businesses for retired persons.

This article covers a comprehensive list of 5 careers/businesses for retired persons in Nigeria. The options outlined in this list are majorly easy to run, as this is important for retired persons since they have lost their youthful exuberance.

One of the features that makes them easy to run, is the fact that many of them do not need the 9-5 presence they are previous regular jobs requested.

1. Ride-Hailing Service Driver:

Working for ride-hailing services in Nigeria, especially the popular ones like Bolt and Uber, is one of my favorite ventures for retirees, as it helps them connect with many people while they earn. It is effective in blocking the negative effects that come along with staying at home and having fewer conversations.

Being a driver for ride-hailing services basically doesn’t have a time constraint, which means Retirees can work when they want, which in turn helps them evade fatigue, which isn’t good for their already-aged bodies.

on the job, they drive people around and get to earn cash in return.  Ideally, this career will come in handy for retirees who know how to drive and also those who love driving and aren’t introverts.

2. Online Tutoring:

You retired from being a teacher or you retired from an important sector with a humongous need for mentoring and teaching. Why not just continue tutoring people from the comfort of your home? Sounds great right? Well, it actually a great venture to explore as a retiree.

There are different platforms to explore this venture, however, I am going to recommend Superprof.ng, because I am most popular with them. On the platform, you can choose a topic you are most confident about, wait to have a student, and then begin earning from imparting knowledge online.

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Much like the ride-hailing driver career, you also do not have to be available round the clock, teaching online is scheduled so you can have a good measure of rest and work later.

3. Youtuber:

Being a Youtuber is somewhat close to being an online tutor, Although educative content brings good SEO, being a Youtuber doesn’t necessarily mean you are mandated to churn out educative content, As you can choose an entirely different jam.

Once you have decided to be a Youtuber, you can then proceed to choose a niche that best suits you. You can decide to base your channel on world politics discussions, reviewing movies, doing tech reviews, or teaching, your channel can even be based on you churning out videos where you share the experiences you have heard through your life as a staff during your work age and the lessons you have learned.

Earnings typically begin when you have met YouTube’s benchmark, have good views, and have a considerable number of subscribers.

Youtubers are not necessarily tied to the 9-5 system and it’s a venture that can be run from the comfort of your home / your home studio. It should be approached with immense passion because passion is key.

4. Farming:

Farming at first thought sounds like a great deal of stress, however, this stress tag can be related to a matter of perception, as you don’t necessarily have to stress yourself in this venture and this is where farm hands come into play, and if managing farm hands sounds like a great deal of work, then you can just go head to practice farming on a small scale.

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A good example of small-scale farming would be the rearing of chickens, for egg, meat, and their offspring, As a home-based farmer, rearing chickens, you can sell the eggs as the chicken lays them, or wait for the eggs to hatch and then proceed to sell them to people who desire to set up their poultry, you can also go ahead to rear your chickens to mature before the yuletide season, where demand for grown chickens are needed.

Rearing chickens is just an analogy of how small-scale farming can be practiced.

The end game of this venture is to keep you busy while earning and avoiding a sedentary lifestyle which can be injurious to your health.

5. Baby Sitting:

Babysitting is another cool career for retirees, especially for females. From my research, there are a lot of working-class people needing the services of persons who can look after their toddlers while they go on with their white-collar jobs or businesses.

For this venture, it is important you are able to stomach the stress that comes along with taking care of kids, and you also need to have passion for taking care of them, else you may quickly end up hating the job.

Of course, it’s a work-from-job, you won’t be bothered about leaving the house to answer to somebody on a daily basis, however, babysitting may probably sip into evenings due to the fact that many working-class parents would basically return in the evenings.

Bonus: Proofreading: 

Securing remote proofreading jobs may be a bit difficult, so ideally this job would be most suitable for people who worked in the university prior to their retirement, as they have gained contacts or be able to easily advertise their new ventures as a proofreader.

As a proofreader, your job requires you to go through people’s project / academic papers, making sure they are void of errors, you can also add more flesh to the resource paper to attract higher scores.

 wrapping up: There you have it, a comprehensive list of careers/businesses for retired persons. They aren’t all that exists however, I am very pumped that you can’t go wrong with any of the options outlined in this list.