Give Yourself a Career Break
When she was three, Alma Deutscher picked up her first violin. At six, she wrote her first piano sonata and, at seven, her first opera. Now she’s taking her first full-length opera to Vienna. She’s 11. Whereas I’ve just had a sensational breakfast (poached eggs and avocado). What the very hell am I doing for […]
NPR: On Second Thought: With Celeste Headlee
Our country is growing ever grayer as baby boomers age in large numbers. A massive study at Emory University that takes an in-depth look at the aging process is underway. Emory hopes to bring together 100,000 people to study physical and mental health, sickness, and other factors that affect the elderly. We sit down with […]
Join Kerry at AARP’s Virtual Career Fair Tuesday September 22nd
AARP is holding its next Virtual Career Fair on September 22 from 10:00 am–3:00 pm ET. This live event offers you a great way to re-charge a job search, meet potential employers, get timely job search advice, and connect with other job seekers. The AARP Real Possibilities Virtual Career Fair will feature employers that have […]
Life Reimagined: Kerry’s Advice on The New Rules for Career Happiness
“Life is too short to be miserable,” says career coach Kerry Hannon. Her book, Love Your Job: The New Rules for Career Happiness, is a game-changer for workers who crave a career reboot without starting from square one. “I call this my ‘suck it up’ book because so many people need a job and want […]
What Works for Women at Work Today
A question for women: Have you ever felt like disco dancing to keep yourself “balanced and sane” when feeling frustrated by your job? That’s what one of the 127 professional women interviewed for the new book, What Works for Women at Work, said she does. “It’s my way of moving my body and not caring what people […]
Kerry’s Tips on U.S. News: 8 Great Part-Time Jobs for Retirees
Supplement your retirement income Sixty percent of workers over age 60 plan to look for a new job after retirement, according to a recent survey by Harris Interactive for CareerBuilder. The good news is you have options, and employers want to hire you. According to CareerBuilder’s survey of more than 2,600 companies, 22 percent of employers are […]
The Perils of Working From Home
Earlier in my career as a journalist, I worked in an office. For nearly two decades, I trudged in every day and never did my job from home unless I was sick. Over the past 10 years, however, I’ve crafted my trade from my home office in Washington, D.C.; in reality, it’s more of a […]
3 Ways Women Can Get Paid More at Work
Does it bum you out that women who work full time make 77 cents for every dollar a man is paid, on average? At 52, I’ve been grappling with this pay gap issue for years. If you’re a woman in your 50s or 60s with a career, my guess is you have, too. While the […]
Second Verse: Why You Should Plan on Working to Age 70
Push off retiring until age 70 and your financial world is going to be much brighter. The Center for Retirement Research at Boston College reports in a new study titled: “National Retirement Risk Index: How Much Longer Do We Need to Work?” that a whopping 85% of households would be prepared to retire by age 70. (One caution: […]
