How to Profit Modestly by Moving to a Nonprofit
WHEN he was 5 years old, Steven Elson built pretend skyscrapers out of blocks. It was the start of a love affair with buildings. At 60, his passion hasn’t subsided.…
For Some, Age Is No Obstacle to Entrepreneurship
WHEN Marvin Gay, 71, a retired accountant, and his wife, Leslie, 61, decided to open a Painting With a Twist franchise in St. Petersburg, Fla., their start-up costs were close…
Boomers
Career Change
Careers
Entrepreneur
Flexible work
Older Workers
Retirement
The New York Times
An Aging Population Also Poses Opportunities for Retirement Careers
A SCENT of sage hovers in the air. The soothing, ambient strands of New Age music fill the warm room. Carefully, the 80-year-old woman climbs aboard the heated massage table…
Kerry’s Expert Tips on StarTribune: Over 50, working against time in America’s harsh job market
As hard as he tried, Michael Duffy couldn’t find a job to match the one he’d lost. For two decades he earned six figures selling equipment to factories. But at…
Boomers
Career Change
Careers
Entrepreneur
Forbes
Living in Retirement
Second Verse Blog on Forbes.com
Working after Retirement
Meet ‘The Poster Boy’ For The Encore Career Movement: Ron Cordes
When Ron Cordes met his wife, Marty, in 1979, his college fraternity at the University of California, Berkeley, was raising money by selling flowers on campus to benefit a camp…
Boomers
Career Change
Careers
Entrepreneur
Finances
Flexible work
Older Workers
Second Acts
The New York Times
Working after Retirement
For Many Older Americans, an Entrepreneurial Path
When Marilyn Arnold was 9 years old, her mother, a skilled seamstress, patiently taught her to sew on a vintage Singer treadle sewing machine. As her feet pumped away at…
Book Reviews-USA Today
Boomers
Career Change
Careers
Older Workers
Second Acts
USAToday
Working after Retirement
Jane Pauley looks at reinventing life after 50
Jane Pauley gets it — the real fear that so many people over age 50 face about what they are going to do for the next 30 or 40 years.…
Software Salesman Revs Up Scooter Sales
Rows of colorful electric scooters line the Carolina Fun Machines show room. As owner Tim Juntgen rolls one of those two-wheelers into the lot for a customer, his smile says…
Three Tips For Starting a Successful Side Business
One of my mantras: Always look at your career and work life through the prism of You, Inc. It’s a mindset that I find psychologically empowering.I really do run the…
Jobs in Demand for 2014
While it might not quite be time to pop the bubbly, there’s reason to believe that hiring in several key industries will be on the upswing in the first few…
You must be logged in to post a comment.