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…

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 need to…

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 do. Sales of specialty foods, many…

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 — one…

 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…

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…

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 When You Lose…

  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…

Looking for a job is tough at any age. When you’re over 50, it’s even tougher. The median length of unemployment for job seekers 55 and older was 35 weeks last year,…

An increasing number of workers age 50 and older are starting new businesses. A new AARP/Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) survey of 50-plus employed workers shows that one in 20 plans…