Job Search Magic: Insider Secrets from America’s Career And Life Coach (Paperback)
Jul 6, 2010 Job Search Strategies
Review
“A wealth of information for the job seeker and a gold mine for career counselors!” — Sheila Biedert, Training Consultant, SkillSource”Any job seeker who follows the formula in this comprehensive, entertaining, and clearly written guide should expect success.” — Laura A. DeCarlo, President, Career Directors International”Packed full of quick tips, checklists, coaching questions, and more to further accelerate your successful search.” — Wendy S. Enelow, Founder and Past President, Career Masters Institute”Susan’s warm personality is reflected in this book. It is a step-by-step process that is well laid out.” — Marilyn Quinn, Career Development Facilitator, Career Center, North Idaho College, Coeur (more…)
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Fifty Is the New Fifty: Ten Life Lessons for Women in Second Adulthood
Aug 17, 2009 Careers After 50
In a time when How Not to Look Old is a bestseller, and the women who came of age during the 1960s are now in their 60s, outspoken women’s movement veteran Levine (Inventing the Rest of Our Lives) advises women 50-plus to reject the desire to recapture youth and acknowledge their great good fortune in arriving at a point where they can creatively enhance the rest of their lives. Citing Madeleine L’Engle’s observation, the great thing about getting older is that you don’t lose all the other ages you’ve been, Levine uses this book to air and explore her own feelings, and those of other women, about moving from the “F-You” Fifties to a pleasanter, stress-defusing outlook. (Read more…)
Encore: Finding Work that Matters in the Second Half of Life
Aug 17, 2009 Careers After 50
“[Freedman] says work will be essential for boomers. They have both a financial necessity and a psychic identity with work, he says…If the old notion was freedom from work, the new one should be freedom to work, says `Encore’ author Freedman…Who says you can’t carve a new life after 65?” — Orange County Register, July 16, 2007
This book was featured on Kiplinger’s Best of 2007 List. It challenges all of you baby-boomers to build a better world through a second career and provides concrete steps to help you make that next step. (Read more…)
Portfolio Life: The New Path to Work, Purpose, and Passion After 50
Aug 17, 2009 Careers After 50
From Publishers Weekly
As the boomer generation’s hair turns gray, it’s not surprising to see retirement advice books like this one, which argues against conventional scenarios. As founder and CEO of New Directions, which coaches older workers on making the transition from working to life after a career, author Corbett points out that boomers’ longer life expectancy and better health means that reprioritizing may be more rewarding than simply stopping working. In his first few chapters, Corbett discusses why the concept of retirement needs to be retired, then quickly moves to his central proposal. He encourages readers to focus on building a portfolio of skills. (Read more…)
