There’s no shortage of services that help 50+ and retired workers seek out employment. This week’s column focuses on YourEncore, a specialized company that recruits scientists and engineers for consulting projects. But 50+ job services vary from very specialized services like YourEncore to general job boards such as Seniors4Hire. Here’s a partial list of 50+ [...] [read full article…]
Bob Lew retired a couple years ago after working for 25 years as an emergency room physician. He was just 51 years old, but after all that time in the ER, he was ready for a break, and he had met his financial goals for retirement. Dr. Lew knew he wouldn’t want to just sit [...] [read full article…]
Al Brown was camping out in the backyard with his eight-year-old son one summer night last year, when a tough question popped up: “Daddy, why do you have to leave home so much?” Brown—a 20-year veteran of corporate purchasing jobs—had just returned from a two-week business trip in Mexico. And his answer—“It’s my job”—wasn’t cutting [...] [read full article…]
If you think the subprime mortgage meltdown is bad, consider the impact on housing as the boomer age wave hits. Dowell Myers, professor of urban planning and demography at the University of Southern California, is co-author of a new research study looking at how the huge boomer generation will affect housing as it begins selling [...] [read full article…]
