How is this survey different from the ones used by career assessment tests and dating compatibility websites?
Personality inventories tend to have a lot in common with one another. Our claim to fame is the personality-based approach to retirement planning. It’s focused on the specific traits that we decided were important for retirement. A career test would focus on ability. We focus specifically on traits that directly connect to the life transition for retirement. It took us a long time to develop the survey and test it out because we had to write new feedback that is specific to retirement in particular and life transition in general. What are the hardest parts about transitioning into retirement? One of the hardest parts could be understanding what you’re losing from your work. You might not be aware of the things that you find the most important and the most satisfying. A lot of people don’t know how much they’ll miss the social interaction and the conversation over the day. I teach and I have a whole room full of people who have to sit there and listen to me, so I would miss the audience
