Who doesn’t fantasize about starting a second career? Millions of Americans have launched one in midlife. In fact, about 20% of all new businesses in 2013 were created by entrepreneurs…

Last fall, I had the opportunity to attend the Gerontological Society of America meeting, which brought together 3,600 researchers from around the globe to present research on the aging population.…

When Ron Cordes met his wife, Marty, in 1979, his college fraternity at the University of California, Berkeley, was raising money by selling flowers on campus to benefit a camp…

One of my mantras: Always look at your career and work life through the prism of You, Inc. It’s a mindset that I find psychologically empowering.I really do run the…

The other day, I went to see the new film by Joel and Ethan Coen, “Inside Llewyn Davis.” It’s bleak. My husband and I walked out of the film, shaking…

A great online presence, or let’s call it a persona, gives you an edge on a job hunt. Landing a job is hard enough these days, why leave a stone…

One night, as they sat in his library sipping a $10 bottle of Meursault, Washington Redskins owner Jack Kent Cooke turned to Stuart A. Haney, his young lawyer and aide…

Guess what? Older workers get jobs. It might take a little more time for a myriad of reasons from your salary demands to your own lack of imagination about the…

When my friend Nancy turned 60, she became the “it” girl, she says. She took up tango dancing, lost weight, bought some cool high-heeled shoes, and felt really alive for the first…

It’s Labor Day, and while many U.S. workers are relishing the extra day off, I’m working. But I’m not complaining. I’m perched in a comfy chair on the porch of…