Forbes: Are Senior Start-Ups The Answer?
Unless you’ve been hiding in the woods, you know that it’s all about jobs these days, particularly if you’re running for President of the United States. The federal job stats…
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Unless you’ve been hiding in the woods, you know that it’s all about jobs these days, particularly if you’re running for President of the United States. The federal job stats…
The other night, I had dinner with a friend who runs a nonprofit based in New York City. She’s in her late 50s and made the transition from a big-bucks…
There’s something appetizing about starting a food business. When friends and family urge you to sell your mouthwatering cupcakes or finger-licking barbecue sauce, it’s tempting to try. Lots of people do. Sales of specialty foods, many…
I applied for a job this week–online. In full-disclosure, it wasn’t for myself. If you’ve been reading Second Verse regularly, you’ll have discovered in my column 10 Things to Do When You Lose…
The 2012 Idealist.org survey on nonprofit jobs landed in my inbox last week, and here’s what I found out. Some of it’s good–some plain annoying. More on that later. The…
Looking for a job is tough at any age. When you’re over 50, it’s even tougher. The median length of unemployment for job seekers 55 and older was 35 weeks last year,…
Ever have a knee-jerk reaction to something you read? I recently ran across a USA Today column by Rhonda Abrams, “Women Entrepreneurs Can Learn a Lot From Men,” and found some of…
Want to ditch your job? Listen to the podcast of my interview with the credit smart guru @gerridetweiler. It’s all about what you need to know to make a career change. I…
An increasing number of workers age 50 and older are starting new businesses. A new AARP/Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) survey of 50-plus employed workers shows that one in 20 plans…
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