Susan Sipprelle has taken on a thankless task: documenting the pain inflicted by the Great Recession on older workers. An independent journalist and photographer, last fall Sipprelle launched Over Fifty and Out of Work, a website dedicated to telling the stories of jobless Americans from a wide array of backgrounds through video interviews. Their stories [...] [...more]
I visited recently with Lauren Young at Reuters to talk about my book, The Hard Times Guide to Retirement Security: Practical Strategies for Money, Work and Living. We discussed the reinvention of retirement, working longer and the future of Social Security; here’s the video of our interview, along with a brief book excerpt and a [...] [...more]
Chris Farrell is an optimist, so when he talks about the Great Recession he looks for the silver lining. The economics editor for public radio’s Marketplace Money, Farrell thinks the recession is ushering in some very healthy changes in our consumer behavior and personal financial habits. The debt-and-consumption driven 1990s are giving way to a [...] [...more]
If your second act involves going solo as a consultant, read Richard Greenwald’s article in The Wall Street Journal exploring the factors that drive success for freelancers and solo entrepreneurs. Greenwald notes that high unemployment and corporate downsizing has made solo consulting the new normal–and a permanent condition for many. He cites statistics indicating that [...] [...more]
The AARP Foundation’s Women’s Leadership Circle will accept applications starting February 1st for its 2010 Women’s Scholarship Program, which helps fund career training and education to women over age 40 who have limited economic resources. AARP says the scholarships are awared to “women who are entering 2-3 year technical or skills up-grading programs or in [...] [...more]
