[ID:0834]During the years leading up to your retirement, take concrete steps to build international experience. You have already built up a solid skill base; you are most likely at the top of your professional skill level. Now you just need to add international experience into the equation.

With a few strategic moves and some careful planning, you can use the pre-retirment years to help you obtain future assignments abroad. 

• Research and network: Begin making international links in your field of work and look for ways to build international experience. Consider attending international conferences, visiting with colleagues in other countries, joining international task forces or committees, and arranging meetings with professionals as you travel.
  
• Developing itineraries of your business travels: Highlight your meetings and show what you learned. Relate this knowledge back to your desired job. Be proactive during and after these experiences by taking concrete steps to look for, and ask...