Great Summer Time Jobs
For ranch hands, cooks, retail clerks and tour guides, summer is the time when short-stint job opportunities swell. You’ll be competing with students on their breaks from the books. But don’t worry — there’s ample opportunity for the 50-plus set to grab a gig, too. Generally speaking, it’s best to start your hunt a few […]
Sheryl Sandberg’s Advice on ‘Option B’ at Work After a Loss
Talk about a bestseller from the get-go. Facebook’s Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg and Wharton professor Adam Grant have written what promises to be a blockbuster: Option B: Facing Adversity, Building Resilience, and Finding Joy. The book is named after the guidance a friend gave Sandberg following the sudden 2015 death of her husband Dave […]
Love Your Job: Tips for Making the Best of Your Current Job
Kerry Hannon, a noted authority on work and career, has published countless articles and books about how to follow your heart to find the work you love. But, she has been hearing, as she travels across the country, that a shift in employment may not be practical for many, in these times. So, how do […]
The Secret to a Rewarding Retirement
The march to retirement just might be the best time to breathe some new life into your career. Close to 1 in 5 individuals age 65 and over continues to punch the clock every day, according to the Pew Research Center. Meanwhile, more than half of Americans ages 50 to 64 are working and not […]
Using the Latest Job-Hunting Apps
Find the right career opportunity by using the latest and greatest job search apps. Job-hunting apps make it easy to hunt for your next opportunity from anywhere, day or night. You can sign up for alerts when new positions in your field are posted and you can even zap your résumé to a hiring manager […]
Ways Women Over 50 Keep Their Careers on Track
For Debra Dixon, a principal with TwinLogic Strategies, a boutique lobbying firm in Washington, staying on top of her career has required flexibility and fine-tuning. Ms. Dixon, 52, worked for former Representative Xavier Becerra, Democrat of California, for nearly 17 years, first as his legislative director and trade counsel, and then as his chief of […]
Programs for Job Seekers Should Be Like This
There’s not a lot of talk this week about jobs for older workers at The American Society on Aging’s (ASA) annual Aging in America conference I’m attending in Chicago. Apparently, this is not a hot button issue with this group, although help for older job seekers really should be one. But I did find one […]
Great Jobs for Foodies
Are you one of those people who ogle the fresh produce in farmers markets in your spare time, whip up a new recipe in the kitchen or intrepidly try out all the new restaurants in town? Then read on — there could be a job in it for you. Employment in food-related occupations is projected […]
Career Success After 50
You have to smile when a guy opens his career-advice book with the lyric from the song Truckin by The Grateful Dead: “Lately it occurs to me what a long, strange trip it’s been.” The Dead and John Tarnoff, the career coach and author of that excellent book Boomer Reinvention: How to Create Your Dream […]
Take This Job and Love It
Perhaps the best time to change up your career is when you’re near its end. Close to one in five individuals aged 65 and over continues to punch the clock every day, according to the Pew Research Center. Meanwhile, more than half of Americans ages 50 to 64 are working and not retired, according to […]
