My Advice on Navigating the Workplace Over 50
Kerry Hannon is a nationally recognized expert and strategist on career transitions, personal finance, entrepreneurship and retirement. She is a frequent TV and radio commentator and is a sought-after keynote speaker at conferences across the country. She has appeared as a career and financial expert on The Dr. Phil Show ABC, CBS,CNBC, NBC Nightly News, NPR, and PBS. […]
Traits Older Tech Workers Need to Succeed Right Now
Maintaining a successful career in tech when you’re on the other side of 40 is hard enough. But some professionals sabotage their livelihoods by displaying characteristics that reinforce negative stereotypes and turn hiring managers off. Read on Dice On the flip side of that coin, those who achieve sustained success throughout long careers have a […]
Gaining The Benefits of an Aging Workforce
Robert Metoli, 57, spent eight years as a skilled technician setting up the machines on the factory floor at Lee Spring, a small firm based in Brooklyn that makes coils to be used in a variety of objects, including cellphones, eyeglasses, rockets and robots. It took a toll. Mr. Metoli’s back started bothering him, and his […]
Here’s How to Film an Eye-Catching Video Résumé
This article was adapted from AARP’s Great Jobs for Everyone 50 +: Finding Work that Keeps You Happy and Healthy … and Pays the Bills by Kerry Hannon (John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2018). Video résumés are gaining acceptance among job seekers, employers and recruiters. Although they’re no substitute for a traditional résumé, a quality video résumé serves […]
5 Great Jobs to Ride the Age Wave
As life spans grow, so do the number of great jobs and business opportunities aimed at the needs of folks living longer. Younger people can hold those jobs — and so can you. By 2030, according to U.S. Census Bureau projections, about 1 in 5 Americans will be over age 65. This demographic swing is […]
Job Seekers 50+: Your Path to Success
If you live in the Worcester area, are age 50+, and are looking for work or perhaps a career change, you’ll want to attend the AARP Massachusetts event, Job Seekers 50+: Your Path to Success, on Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2017, 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., at Mechanics Hall, 321 Main Street Worcester, MA 01608. Employers from […]
Kerry’s Tips on Skills to Keep Your Career on a Roll
Older Americans closing in on the golden years may prefer to switch their jobs than go into retirement, and having the right skills to continue working or make a career change is crucial. Younger professionals were the group most likely the ones to want to switch jobs but older Americans weren’t that far behind — […]
Why You Shouldn’t Count on a Phased Retirement
Talk about dashed expectations. A study published recently from the Transamerica Center for Retirement Studies (TCRS) finds that 77 percent of employers believe many of their employees plan to continue working after they retire and 47 percent say many of their employees envision a phased transition to retirement. Yet far fewer actually let them keep working for the […]
Programs for Job Seekers Should Be Like This
There’s not a lot of talk this week about jobs for older workers at The American Society on Aging’s (ASA) annual Aging in America conference I’m attending in Chicago. Apparently, this is not a hot button issue with this group, although help for older job seekers really should be one. But I did find one […]
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 […]
