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…

The surprising answer to the question posed by the headline is: You bet. Contrary to conventional wisdom and the slew of recent articles suggesting that retirement for a great number…

Whether you’re looking to change careers or have lost your job, adding new skills is often a key to making a transition. But heading back for a master’s degree is not really what most…

Four years ago, Linda Waitkus quit her job as store manager for a Bloomingdale’s near Washington, D.C., to open Great Dogs of Great Falls, an 1,800-square-foot pet shop with grooming services…

When you get knocked down, do you get back up even stronger? That’s the core question financial journalist Rick Newman poses in his new book Rebounders: How Winners Pivot From Setback to…

This week, I had the pleasure of interviewing three retirees, who are working part-time jobs they love– for pay. All three were hired after spending time as a volunteer. One…

I got to thinking about whether being a parent helps or hurts you at work. Since I blog each week about women and money, I decided to look at this…