Benefit Connection Podcast

Episode #20 - Your Future Starts Now: Dearld Snider Shares Retirement Tips for Every Stage of Your Career

What should retirement planning look like at each stage of your career? Executive Director Dearld Snider walks through what you can — and should — focus on during your early years, mid‑career, and retirement‑ready stage.

In this episode, Dearld explains:

• Why early‑career members should set up Web Member Services, review beneficiaries, and learn the basics of the system
• How mid‑career members can use estimates, salary awareness, and counseling or webinars to optimize their retirement trajectory
• What members within five years of retirement need to think about — timelines, benefit options, seminars, and next‑chapter planning

Disclaimer: The opinions expressed in this podcast do not necessarily reflect the views of the Public School and Education Employee Retirement Systems of Missouri. Any examples used are for demonstrative purposes and are not designed to be member specific. This podcast is intended to serve as a resource and is not a substitute for the law. If differences are stated between this podcast and the law, the law must prevail.