When reaching middle age, it's natural to question your career path. »more»

"Mid-career employees and managers, who should be at their peak of productivity, are the most disaffected segment of the workforce," according to an article in the Harvard Business Review. »more»

Unemployment peaked in mid-2003, but remains stubbornly high among the oldest workers. Why?

There does not seem to be any one answer. But exploring the reasons provides insight into the difficulty middle-aged and older workers face when hunting for a new job, or even a new career. »more»

HR consultant John Izzo writes in the Globe and Mail (Toronto) that midlife men need to separate their identity from their work. If they do, good things can happen. »more»

Your career choice impacts your quality of life, standard of living, personal identity, and much more. By the time you hit middle age, career changes are far from easy, but many people feel a mismatch with the career that they had selected earlier in life and want to at least explore the possibility of pursuing a new career. Are you one of these people? »more»

As many of us baby boomers are settling into the middle part of our lives, we are not thinking about retirement or stopping work. Whether for financial reasons or wanting to do something different than the traditional modes of retirement, most of us are not planning on stopping work anytime soon. »more»

If you are in middle age and it has been awhile since you changed careers, buckle up for an experience quite unlike the last time around. Your situation is different, you are different, and the world is different. »more»

Changing careers in middle age is very different than in the life periods before or after. Middle age is traditionally the peak earning period in most people's careers. It is the time when workers achieve their highest rank, their fattest salaries, and their most prestigious achievements. But it's also the time that we have perspective on what makes us happy and if our current career path doesn't entail sufficient satisfaction (or future promise), then for many of us it's time to make a change. »more»

Susan Bryant is a contributing writer for Monster.com and the author of "Don't Stop the Career Clock". She has compiled the big three myths of midlife career changes. »more»

Middle age job seekers know that switching jobs in midlife is very different (make that daunting) than finding that first career. To help the transition here are six suggestions from the WSJ's Career Journal (excerpted): »more»