Career Success After 50
You have to smile when a guy opens his career-advice book with the lyric from the song Truckin by The Grateful Dead: “Lately it occurs to me what a long, strange trip it’s been.” The Dead and John Tarnoff, the career coach and author of that excellent book Boomer Reinvention: How to Create Your Dream […]
4 Tips for Older Job Seekers
The constant doom and gloom chatter about older job seekers is wearing on me. I get it. I have stared into the eyes of job hunters over 50 and seen the pulsing fear. They’re often frustrated and depressed by the feeling that employers won’t hire them due to their age. Earlier this week, I was […]
How to Switch Careers Later In Life
You don’t have to spend thousands of dollars on a gap year program to find a new vocation with meaning. Here are some steps to take – preferably before you retire from your old job. For more career advice from Kerry Hannon, go to KerryHannon.com
Thinking About a Gap Year? Harvard And Stanford Help Boomers Shift To A Purposeful Second Career
By 2008 Doug Rauch, president of Trader Joe’s, was burned out. He had spent the last 31 years–virtually his entire career–overseeing the quirky California retailer’s rapid expansion to the East Coast, developing its buying philosophy as well as its private-label food program and traveling “ceaselessly.” He was just 56, he didn’t need to make any […]
Tips To Plan For A Second-Act With Purpose
You don’t have to spend $60,000 and a year at Harvard or Stanford to find a new vocation with meaning. Here are some steps to take–preferably before you retire from your old job. Here are my seven tips to DIY second-act planning: – Run the numbers. Can you afford to move to a lower-paying sector […]
Save for Your Life, Not “Retirement”
How’s this for troubling news. A survey released by the nonprofit Investor Protection Institute (IPI) reports that fewer than two in five millennials are saving for retirement. The new online survey of 1,016 millennials is worth sitting up and paying attention to for many reasons. I will fill you in on the findings in a […]
Looking for a Job? Previous Employers Could be The Answer
Who says you can’t go home again? I’m talking about returning to work for a former employer. Since it’s Labor Day, I thought there’s no time like the present to remind jobseekers of yet another avenue that’s often overlooked when it comes to landing a new job. If you’re like most people, when you part […]
Employers Unprepared for Aging Workforce
Many CEOs these days give lip service to the notion of keeping workers on board as they slide over into what was once considered retirement age. They envision a phased in retirement for their employees– one that allows you to gradually move from full-time to part-time and eventually say adios. They don’t want to lose […]
7 Ways Women Can Get Back In The Workforce
It can be tough for women to find work after taking years off to raise kids. And if you’re looking for employment, you may need to swallow your pride, accepting pay and a position below what you formerly had. Kerry Hannon offers seven strategies for women who chose to “opt out” and are now ready […]
Peter Drucker’s Smart Advice for Second-Acters
When Peter F. Drucker, the political economist and author, passed away in 2005 at the age of 95, he was legendary in business circles and often called the “father of modern management.” His future-oriented writings were required reading for business school students nationwide. But I knew very little about him. And I certainly never considered […]
