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Job Hunting After 50 – Move Ahead of the Kids!
Job hunting after 50-move ahead of the kids and get you job hunting effort back on track. Job hunting after 50 is no picnic. Either you’re unemployed or your current job is on the brink of ending. You’ve built what you think is a great resume. After sending out a number of resume application packages
Baby Boomers Working Online: How To Become Self-Employed And Make Money While You Work From Home
The Baby Boomer generation has been hit hard by the recent downturn in our economy. Many Baby Boomers, ready to retire, suffered a financial loss when the stock market hit a down-turn. In some cases, 401K funds and retirement accounts lost almost half their value. Baby Boomers, perched on the edge of retirement, have had
A Boomers’ Guide to Choosing Volunteer Opportunities
The face of volunteerism is changing. Challenging economical conditions, advances in technology, and boomers approaching retirement age are major influences on how non-profit organizations operate differently than in the past. There are many more people seeking help from service organizations, but there are also many more people who are volunteering. These and other social trends
Stop Being Lost in the Crowd, Capture the Hiring Manager’s Attention With a Branded LinkedIn Profile
Is your LinkedIn profile a verbatim recreation of your resume? Or is it a unique and complementary representation of you and your job search? I know a plethora of job seekers who simply cut and paste their resumes right into their LinkedIn profiles. Let me tell you why this is NOT the best job search
How to Sell Yourself in the Job Search Process If You Are 40+
Most organizations are looking for young talents with some existing experience. They are seen as flexible, adaptable to the structure and working culture and have less demand salary-wise in return of developing their skills. While working in recruitment, I personally also received requests from my clients to consider age in the selection process – which
Why Baby Boomers Can Still Work
Why baby boomers can still work. There are two reasons, they will have to for financial reasons, and they will be physically able to. Baby boomers, those reaching 65 in 2010, have a life expectancy of 78 years. According to a Del Webb survey, they should know something about retirement, 72% of all baby boomers
15 Careers You Thought Were Extinct
Rumors of these careers’ demise have been greatly exaggerated. The workforce exists in a constant state of flux, with technology and consumer demands rendering some positions obsolete — if not entirely extinct. However, some cling to life by catering to the needs of specific niches, rendering them largely invisible or ignored by anyone outside of
5 Questions to Ask Yourself Before Changing Careers
You think you want a career change, but how do you know? There are so many factors that go into the big decision of a career change, especially in an economy where no matter how experienced you are there is no guarantee of another job on the horizon. Changing careers not only affects your day
Baby Boomers Can Make Money Fast!
Did I say that “Baby Boomers Can Make Money Fast”? Well lets talk about that! That is a wide open subject, and needs some refinement. Fist of all, if you are a Baby Boomer chances are you are between 55 and 85 years old. Many of you have had full lives, and good careers, and
5 Things Boomers Should Know When Sending Their Children to College
Much has been written in recent years about Baby Boomers and the children they are sending off to college, and a lot of it hasn’t been all that good. You may not have heard the term “helicopter parent,†but if you are sending a student off to college soon, you certainly will. These parents constantly
