{"id":2180,"date":"2012-10-02T12:58:25","date_gmt":"2012-10-02T16:58:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kerryhannon.com\/?p=2180"},"modified":"2012-10-02T12:58:25","modified_gmt":"2012-10-02T16:58:25","slug":"encore-org-q-a-with-kerry-on-great-jobs-for-everyone-50","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kerryhannon.com\/?p=2180","title":{"rendered":"Encore.org: Q & A with Kerry on Great Jobs for Everyone 50+"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Kerry Hannon knows careers.<\/a><\/p>\n

A longtime journalist who has talked to hundreds of people in career transitions, she has regular columns on\u00a0Forbes.com<\/a>,\u00a0AARP Jobs<\/a>\u00a0andNextAvenue.org<\/a>, a PBS website.<\/p>\n

Now she\u2019s out with her latest book,\u00a0Great Jobs for Everyone 50+: Finding Work That Keeps You Happy and Healthy \u2026 And Pays the Bills<\/em><\/a>, a guide to finding financial security and personal and professional fulfillment. We asked her about working in the second half of life.<\/p>\n

Q. You’ve been covering the 50-plus workforce for years, and unlike some other writers who predict gloomy work scenarios for people in this age group, you remain relentlessly optimistic. Why is that?
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\nA: Guilty. I\u2019m a glass-half-empty kind of gal. But there are plenty of reasons for my optimism.<\/p>\n

READ THE FULL ARTICLE ON ENCORE.ORG<\/a><\/p>\n

Posted 09\/28\/2012 – 10:33:20am by\u00a0Michele Melendez<\/a><\/p>\n

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