Uncle Sam wanted Ann Vande Vanter—and he might want you, too if you’re over age 50. After a 30-year career as an accountant in the private sector, Vande Vanter was hungry for a change. She had worked for several big global audit firms and corporations; the hours were long but the pay was good and she [...] [...more]
IBM is expanding the roster of midlife career transition programs offered to its employees with a pilot program for transitions to non-profit organizations. IBM is partnering on the project with The Bridgestar Group, a consulting firm that works with non-profits. Bridgestar has forecast that non-profits will face a gap of 640,000 managerial personnel by the [...] [...more]
When Sharon White was growing up, her career goal was clear: “I wanted to find a way to make money,” she recalls. An African-American woman who grew up in Compton, California in the 1950s, White pursued a career in business, acquiring degrees in accounting, business administration and finance along the way. Last month she retired at [...] [...more]
RetirementRevised.com is the companion website of Retire Smart, a column written by Mark Miller that appears in more than 30 newspapers each week. For millions of Baby Boomers, retirement is an opportunity for reinvention, rather than taking it easy. Mark is helping write the playbook for the new career and personal pursuits of a generation.
