When Jim Siegfried was an undergraduate in the early 1970s, he wanted to become a teacher. But there was a large surplus of teachers at the time and mentors advised him to consider a career elsewhere. Siegfried chose a career in business and spent several decades working for large corporations in the food service industry. [...] [...more]
Barbara Parks stumbled onto a way to do well by doing good. Divorced in her early 60s and ready for something new, she drove from her home in Minnesota to resettle in San Francisco, where her two sisters lived. She expected to look for work in career counseling, the field she’d worked in for 15 [...] [...more]
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 [...] [...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 [...] [...more]
