Auditing Your Job Skills To Get a Job After 50
If you want to get a job after 50, you need to know what job skills you bring to the table. Job seekers often don’t know what they know or…
Best Retirement Plans for Small Business Owners
My dad was a small business owner whose engineering and consulting firm provided a solid income for him and supported our family. When he realized none of his four children…
5 Great Tech Jobs
When it comes to a sizzling job field, the computer and tech arena is hard to beat. Employment in computer and information technology will grow 12 percent from 2014 to…
Kerry Talks About Older Workers–NPR’s On Point with Tom Ashbrook
The number of older workers is on the rise. We’ll tackle the myths and realities of landing a job after 50. America’s workforce is older than it was. In 2002,…
5 Employers That Welcome Older Workers
It took six years, but Charlene DeWindt, 58, of Newport News, Va., is now an electrician. She’s also a production planner and scheduler at Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII is the…
Do You Have a Plan for Working in Retirement?
The big question these days is, should we even call it retirement any more? According to a survey by the Transamerica Center for Retirement Studies: “Sixty-somethings and older workers are…
7 Ways to Promote Yourself
How good are you at selling yourself? The right kind of self-promotion is crucial to building a successful second act as a freelancer or contractor. While lining up a contract…
How To Start a Business After Age 50
Yes, you can go home again. Ask Destiny Burns. For her, a return to her childhood roots in Cleveland, Ohio last year brought her full circle and inspired her to…
Forced to Retire Because You’re ‘Old’
Mandatory retirement is still in the workforce, and it’s causing problems as people live — and work — longer. Being compelled to leave a job because you’ve hit a certain…
Ways You Can Find Your Bliss at Work
A flexible work schedule can mean more time for homework help—and a happier you. New York Times columnist and author Kerry Hannon knows a thing or two about finding happiness…
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