Not long after my husband, Cliff, and I got married, he asked me to join him for a meeting with his financial adviser. Cliff had invested with this adviser for…

  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,…

Ever have a knee-jerk reaction to something you read? I recently ran across a USA Today column by Rhonda Abrams, “Women Entrepreneurs Can Learn a Lot From Men,” and found some of…

Pedal to the metal. In a new online survey of 500 still-working adults age 55 and older, the majority of the respondents say they are not delaying retirement and believe…

Want to ditch your job? Listen to the podcast of my interview  with the credit smart guru ‏@gerridetweiler. It’s all about what you need to know to make a career change. I…

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…