In 2005, Deborah Ramsey was working as an administrator for a technology consulting firm that was undergoing restructuring, the tail end of a phase of her career that also included jobs in the banking and insurance industry. “A lot of people were being laid off or leaving. I had been through two big layoffs before, [...] [...more]
Journalist Kerry Hannon is a specialist in careers, retirement and personal finance. For her latest book, What’s Next: Follow Your Passion and Find Your Dream Job (Chronicle Books, 2010), Kerry traveled the country interviewing people who’ve made successful career transitions at midlife-often into very colorful and happy new lives. The result is an indispensable guide [...] [...more]
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]
Six of the top 30 fastest-growing job categories through 2018 will be in the health care industry, according to a federal government forecast. The fast-growth jobs include nurses, home health aids and medical assistants, according to the U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics. Teaching jobs at the elementary school and post-secondary level also [...] [...more]
The latest edition of the free WhatsNext.com newsletter on career transition just hit the streets, featuring an article on Five Great Second Careers that look attractive even in the tough economy. Click here to check out the newsletter, which I edit along with WhatsNext.com colleagues Jeremy Koch and Mark Gleason. Hope you like what you [...] [...more]
