TOO OLD FOR THE JOB? 5 STRATEGIES FOR 55+ JOB HUNTERS
CLICK HERE TO READ AT SECOND VERSE If you’re over 55 and pounding the pavement these days, it’s not pretty. I have several friends who fit this description. They’re frustrated, furious and frankly dumbfounded by their inability to land a job that suits their experience and desired salary.
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U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT CONTRIBUTING EDITOR AND AMAZON BEST-SELLER KERRY HANNON ON OC TALK RADIO!
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TOP FIVE REASONS WHY WOMEN FLOCK TO NONPROFIT JOBS
CLICK HERE TO READ ON SECOND VERSE Clara Barton, founder of the American Red Cross: Image via Wikipedia Women get ready. If nonprofit hiring is on the upswing (based on the jump in nonprofit job postings at the Chronicle of Philanthropyand Idealist.org ) as I wrote in my post earlier this week, female job seekers may be in luck. That’s [...]
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SIX GREAT TIPS FOR NONPROFIT JOB HUNTERS
CLICK HERE TO READ ON SECOND VERSE At Civic Ventures’ Purpose Prize Summit meeting in Philadelphia last weekend, the gathering of 300 or so nonprofit execs and social entrepreneurs were twittering about the possibility. The consensus: At least anecdotally, there’s some evidence that the nonprofit sector is opening up for job seekers, according to the informal survey [...]
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NAMES YOU NEED TO KNOW IN 2011: MARC FREEDMAN
This post is part of an ambitious project to crowd-source the January issue of Forbes Magazine. The goal is to find the companies, people, places and ideas that should be on people’s radar next year. You can submit your own ideas at “Names You Need to Know in 2011.” The best will run in the magazine. [...]
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SECOND ACT SUCCESS FOR ATHENA FOUNDER. ACT THREE?
DS Waters of America, a privately held company based in Atlanta, GA, is gulping down companies with an unquenchable thirst. So far this year, it has reportedly sucked up six acquisitions, including Seattle-based Athena Partners. Today, DS, one of the country’s biggest water-cooler delivery companies, which delivers to homes and offices, owning some 25 manufacturing sites [...]
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ROLLERCOASTERS TO DREAM JOBS
Hello all. This is my first post for Second Verse, and I’ve got to tell you it’s a thrill to be featured here at Forbes.com. Forbes Magazine was where I cut my teeth in financial journalism in the glory days of the 1980’s. It was in the hallowed halls of the stately Forbes headquarters, at [...]
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OPENING A BOOKSTORE? HIT THE BOOKS FIRST
Bill Skees, 56, of Glen Rock, N.J. ditched his job as an IT development director for a new career as a bookstore owner. Read Published Article (MONEY Magazine) — Bill Skees has been a bibliophile for as long as he can remember. His favorite haunt growing up in Midland, Texas, was a bookstore called Miz [...]
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‘GENERATION EARN’: BOOK TEACHES GEN-Y TO THRIVE FINANCIALLY
Read Published Article Buy the book Kimberly Palmer, author of Generation Earn: The Young Professional’s Guide to Spending, Investing, and Giving Back, is not buying into the notion that she and her cohorts are slackers destined to wallow in debt The senior editor and personal finance columnist for U.S. News & World Report admits that [...]
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BOOK REVIEW: ‘WARREN BUFFETT INVESTS LIKE A GIRL”
By Kerry Hannon, No doubt the title of this new book —Warren Buffett Invests Like A Girl And Why You Should, Too — grabs your attention. But no snickering allowed. Calling legendary investor Warren Buffett a girly investor is not a put-down.. Turns out “investing like a girl” is a good thing. It refers to Buffett’s even temperament — [...]
A collection of 65 essays that provides practical and entertaining advice about how to create a fulfilling retirement. The royalties from the sale of this book will be donated to cancer research.
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