See Kerry in Annapolis, MD on May 22
Register here for this free event. What’s Next? Making a Difference and a Living Partners In Care Wednesday, May 22, 2013 at 6:00 PM (EDT) Annapolis, MD Kerry Hannon is a Washington, DC-based career transition, retirement and personal finance expert. She will talk about making a difference and a living in the second half of [...]
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Small Businesses Can Find Some Good Employees Looking For A Second Career
Listen to Kerry and Joe Connolly speak about a couple who changed their careers and went into a second act together.
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How’s This For A Second Verse? Lights, Camera, Action
When Mike Kravinsky went to work at ABC News in 1981, he figured he would spend a year there and then head out to Los Angeles to become a filmmaker. Well, it didn’t quite work out that way. It took the 59-year-old more than three decades to follow his dream, and he’s not in Hollywood, [...]
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Money: Single Mom Starts Bike Shop for Women
(Money Magazine) — Robin Bylenga’s working life hasn’t always been a smooth ride. Nine years ago, the then newly divorced mother of three young kids reentered the workforce and began honing a career in sales through a series of positions — the most recent of which involved peddling L’Oréal hair products to beauty salons. While [...]
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Want to Ditch Your Job?
Want to ditch your job? Listen to the podcast of my interview with the credit smart guru @gerridetweiler. It’s all about what you need to know to make a career change. I dole out advice you can also find in What’s Next? Follow Your Passion and Find Your Dream Job. Gerri Detweiler is Director of Consumer Education [...]
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SecondAct.Com: 6 Tips for Transitioning into a Nonprofit Career
You want a job that matters. Executive recruiter Laura Gassner Otting, who founded the Nonprofit Professionals Advisory Group, knows what that’s all about. For the last decade, her Boston-based firm has helped fill the shoes of chief executive officers, chief financial officers, directors of communication, vice presidents of development and project managers for a panoply [...]
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GREAT SUMMER JOBS FOR RETIREES WORK AT THE BALLPARK, AMUSEMENT PARK OR STATE PARK
Read Published Article From national parks to ballparks to amusement parks, seasonal hiring is heating up at a whole host of summer vacation playgrounds. For many retirees, this is the perfect time to scoop up short-term work that lasts anywhere from a few weeks to a few months. Ask Rich Bartkowski, 67, of Perry Hall, [...]
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FIVE GREAT WORK-FROM-HOME JOBS FOR RETIREES
>Returning to work is an economic necessity for some retirees and a personal choice for others. Either way, the prospect of long commutes and annoying co-workers can be daunting. A good compromise might be to find a work-at-home job. That’s what Jackie Booley did. In 2007, she retired from her position as an AT&T call [...]
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HOW TO LOSE A JOB AND FIND A LIFE
Read Published Article ‘ When he was fired from Time-Warner four years ago after two decades of service, James S. Kunen was abruptly thrown into a job market that was less than welcoming for workers in his age group–baby boomers brushing up against 60. He has written an appealing book, Diary of a Company Man: Losing [...]
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WANT TO LIVE COMFORTABLY IN RETIREMENT? YOUR JOB HUNT STARTS NOW
Read Published Article Americans get it. They admit they aren’t saving enough for retirement and are worried. According to the 2012 Retirement Confidence Survey published by the nonprofit Employee Benefit Research Institute, only a small fraction of Americans–14 percent–are very confident that they will have enough money to live comfortably in retirement.
A collection of 65 essays that provides practical and entertaining advice about how to create a fulfilling retirement. The royalties from the sale of this book will be donated to cancer research.
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