When my 50-something girlfriends and I talk about money, it usually involves something like how much we saved on a great pair of shoes, an unbelievably low airfare we scored…

Gray Basnight, now 59, vividly recalls the day three years ago when, as part of a massive layoff, he lost his job of 14 years as a Bloomberg business radio…

BOSTON (TheStreet) — As the holiday shopping season approaches, retailers hire more seasonal employees to keep up with the crowds. It’s not just the traditional sales cashier positions that are…

Millions of Americans are finding the leisurely retirement of their dreams is just that: a dream. Some have to work because their retirement savings and/or Social Security income won’t go…

Unless you’ve been hiding in the woods, you know that it’s all about jobs these days, particularly if you’re running for President of the United States. The federal job stats…

A question for women: Have you ever put off going to the doctor because of the cost? I have. What’s more, 43 percent of American women have delayed or passed…

Kerry Hannon knows careers. A longtime journalist who has talked to hundreds of people in career transitions, she has regular columns on Forbes.com, AARP Jobs andNextAvenue.org, a PBS website. Now she’s out with…

Editor’s Note: According to recent data from the Employee Benefit Research Institute, 70% of workers said they expected to work for pay in retirement in 2012. So we invited AARP’s Job…

The author of a new book on jobs after 50 is keen on fields that profit from America’s older-population boom. And now, Next Avenue interrupts the news about how impossible it…