Money: Single Mom Starts Bike Shop for Women
(Money Magazine) — Robin Bylenga’s working life hasn’t always been a smooth ride. Nine years ago, the then newly divorced mother of three young kids reentered the workforce and began…
5 Great Short-Term Jobs
En español | More than a third of American companies are hiring contract or temporary workers this year, according to a survey of more than 3,000 hiring managers and human…
The Huffington Post: Second Career: 5 Things You Must Know Before Launching Your Next Act
Gray Basnight, now 59, vividly recalls the day three years ago when, as part of a massive layoff, he lost his job of 14 years as a Bloomberg business radio…
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…
How Women Can Find Work at a Nonprofit
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…
How to Start a Food Business
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…
Three Things I Learned From My First Online Job Application
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…
Nonprofits Are Hiring–But What Does This Job Pay?
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…
AARP.Org: 5 Must-Read Job-Hunting Books
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…
Male Entrepreneurs Can Learn a Lot From Women
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…
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