Archive | June, 2010

Launching your own business after age 50

This is the last of a four-part excerpt from Mark Miller’s new book, The Hard Times Guide to Retirement Security (Bloomberg Press/John Wiley & Sons, June, 2010). [read full article…]

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How to maximize your Social Security benefits

This is the third of a four-part excerpt from my new book, The Hard Times Guide to Retirement Security (Bloomberg Press/John Wiley & Sons, June, 2010. No matter what changes are made, it’s a sure bet Social Security isn’t going away anytime soon-and it’s 100 percent certain that the program will be one of your [...] [read full article…]

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Top ten ways to beat age bias in a job interview

Age discrimination in hiring is tough to prove, but it’s a widely-acknowledged reality. How can you beat age bias in a job interview? Executive recruiter Joe Turner offers advice on interview strategy in a very useful post at Encore.org that explains how to answer tricky questions designed to disqualify older applicants, such as: –Tell me [...] [read full article…]

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How working longer helps build retirement security

This is the second of four excerpts from my new book, The Hard Times Guide to Retirement Security (Bloomberg Press/John Wiley and Sons, June, 2010). Work in retirement? It might sound like a contradiction in terms, but we’re looking for ways to achieve financial security over a retirement that could last 20 years or more. [...] [read full article…]

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Watch: Seminar on The Hard Times Guide

I had the pleasure of offering a seminar on The Hard Times Guide at my Grinnell College reunion (Class of 1976) earlier this month. Grinnell has provided videotape of the session, which featured a lively Q&A with former classmates, including Bill Ferguson, now an economist at Grinnell. Bill and I got into a lively discussion [...] [read full article…]

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