"Hunting for a job is not a task, it's a lifestyle."*** »more»

"...for the past 75 years federal policy has been designed around easing folks who are past 50 out of the workforce rather than enticing them to stay in it."

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Dr. Mary Furlong is an academic, entrepreneur marketer, and author. Most importantly she is an expert on the baby boomer demographic and "Turning Silver Into Gold" is her comprehensive and authoritative tome on how to reach and be received by baby boomers. »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»

“But I don’t know what I want to do?” This frustrated exclamation wasn’t coming from a twenty-something. This was my 52 year old coaching client. He had a 26 year career under his belt and wanted a change. He knew he wanted to take the early-out retirement being offered and start a new life. But doing what? »more»

After many years of working around human development, I have watched people who go through significant growth experience stress in their families. Even when change is for the better, change is still change. »more»

When Susan Crandell walked away from her dream job as editor-in-chief of More magazine to become a freelance writer, she wondered if she would really find the better life she sought. Combining her newfound freedom and knowing that she wasn't the only middle aged person thinking about changing their life, she set off to investigate what she calls "life entrepreneurs" -- people who act on their vision of a "richer, fuller" future for themselves.

The result is "Thinking About Tomorrow," a look at forty-five people who reinvented themselves at midlife -- and the lessons they learned along the way. These weren't just career changes: these transformations encompass spirituality, education, and taking in the world. In turn, Crandell learned a lot about what goes into a successful midlife makeover.

She generously shared her insights with us in this email interview.. »more»

Simply Hired describes itself as a "vertical search engine". To people outside of Silicon Valley, this means they are a search engine (like Google) focused on a particular market, in this case jobs. They claim to be building the largest online database of jobs on the planet and they are backed by Fox Interactive, the same Murdoch company that now owns MySpace. »more»

Almost 58 percent of professional librarians in the United States will reach retirement age between 2005 and 2019. Wall St. Journal is reporting that public libraries fear a staffing shortage as retiring baby boomers may be hard to replace. »more»

Do you feel like there is something wrong with your life?

Is there a restlessness or unease that wakes you at 2am? This disquiet shows up in different ways. For men it relates to their sense of success – at work and as men. »more»