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Kerry Hannon talks career reinvention on AARP radio

Journalist Kerry Hannon talked with Mike Cuthbert of AARP Radio about her new book, What’s Next? Follow Your Passion and Find Your Dream Job. Listen here. [...more]

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What makes for a successful midlife career transition?

Second verse – not the same as the first. Journalist Kerry Hannon remixed that old pop hit in the column she wrote for U.S. News and World Report, “Second Acts.” A specialist in careers, retirement and personal finance, Hannon has traveled the country interviewing people who’ve made successful career transitions at midlife–often into very colorful [...] [...more]

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Economist points to 15 fastest-growth career opportunities for 50+ workers

If you train for it, the jobs will come. That’s the upshot of a new economic study that attempts to answer one of the toughest questions facing mid-life Americans: Will training for a new career pay off in the form of new career opportunities in a recession-wracked economy? It’s a critical question for workers in [...] [...more]

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How lawyers are approaching encore careers

The Great Recession will push plenty of baby boomers to work past traditional retirement age, but others will keep working simply because they don’t want to stop–or can’t. My friend Barbara Rose has a great feature story in the ABA Journal examining encore careers for boomer attorneys. She notes that more than one-quarter million lawyers [...] [...more]

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Encore.org offers free career seminar

Encore.org is offering a free telebriefing on encore careers this coming week, featuring experts who will offer tips on how to find an encore career that offers continued income doing work that offers personal fulfillment and social impact. The 45-minute call will take place on Wednesday, March 3, at 3:00 p.m. Eastern time. The speakers [...] [...more]

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