LinkedIn Blog: 5 Steps for Older Workers to Succeed in The Job Hunt
Editor’s Note: According to recent data from the Employee Benefit Research Institute, 70% of workers said they expected to work for pay in retirement in 2012. So we invited AARP’s…
Next Avenue: 3 Great Jobs to Ride the ‘Age Wave’
The author of a new book on jobs after 50 is keen on fields that profit from America’s older-population boom. And now, Next Avenue interrupts the news about how impossible…
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…
Kerry Hannon Interview: Inside Jobs
If you’re considering going back to school for your career, you’ve probably got a lot of questions rolling around in your head. Should I go back to school? Do I…
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…
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Why Women Get Smaller Raises Than Men
Ever wonder the real reason why women are paid less than men? Women who work full-time earn, on average, 77 percent of what men do. It’s a lingering problem —…
Metro: New Study Shows Older Workers More Loyal, Better Collaborators
I was interviewed by Metro, a free daily paper for my thoughts on this new study on older workers. “Mid and Late Life Career Issues: An Integrative Perspective” is authored…
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Women’s Changing Roles and Social Security
Social Security turned 77 this week, and Mitt Romney’s choice of running mate, Paul Ryan, has put the retirement program on the front burner as a campaign issue. So I’ve…
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…
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