Health Care Jobs on the Rise
Economists at the Labor Department project that from 2019 to 2029 employment in health care in the United States will grow 15 percent, much faster than the average for all occupations, adding about 2.4 million new jobs during that span.
Top Strategies for 50+ Job Seekers in a COVID World
It’s not that things are happening that weren’t happening before. It is that everything that was beginning to build pre-COVID is now accelerated 100-fold.
How Women Over 50 Can Feel Invincible, Not Invisible
And I had this aha moment — it was women over 50 saying they wanted to do their own thing. They wanted to live their own life. They were feeling invisible, instead of invincible.
Ways to Bounce back from COVID-19 Career Setbacks
The people and businesses that have thrived in the wake of a major crisis are those who’ve been proactively creative. By that I mean that they’ve purposefully and strategically invented new and different jobs or careers for themselves, or products and services that are particularly well suited to the postcrisis economy.
Smart Advice About Small-Business Credit Cards
“Small-business owners and even those with a side gig may benefit from a small-business credit card,” says Gerri Detweiler, education director for Nav, which supplies free credit research and tools for small-business owners. “It can help them keep track of spending and make tax-time easier.” And, Detweiler added, the cards often offer lucrative rewards.
Invest in Female Entrepreneurs Changing the World
It’s the conversations with the founders. It is the mentoring. It’s the tough love. That’s where I get my joy and my energy.
6 Tips to Get a New Job This Year
At 50+, it was “a growing up moment” for her, Venice Strachan-Singh says. Like many job seekers in this age cohort, trying to replicate a previous job is tricky, and the rejection can be shattering. “I thought I was such a star at what I did, and it would be a breeze to find another job, but it was a tremendous blow to my ego,” she says. “My self-esteem went down the tubes.”
Hiring a Virtual Assistant for Your Home Business
“As an entrepreneur, your most valuable resources are your time and attention. It’s best to save your time and attention for activities that are really central to your value proposition,” says Daniel Forbes, an associate professor at the Carlson School of Management University of Minnesota
How Technology is Transforming Adult Education
The internet has empowered adult learners by providing new online tools to ramp up education and training. “The need for workers to keep pace with fast-moving economic, cultural and technological changes, combined with longer careers, will add up to great swaths of adults who need to learn more than generations past — and faster than ever,” said Luke Yoquinto, a research associate at the M.I.T. AgeLab.
