Get help to find your encore career in retirement. When the over 50 age bracket is reached this is the time to think of re-firing not retiring. How to avoid getting stuck in the moment.
Kerry Hannon, author of ‘What’s Next, Follow your Passsion and Find Your Dream Job”, asks are you going to be re-fired or retired? Many of us find ourselves looking for a new job in our 50s or 60s and Kerry shares her stories on how to avoid getting stuck in the moment while you search for your encore career.
Kerry Hannon, nationally recognized expert and strategist on career transitions, personal finance and retirement in the USA talks about how to prepare for the second act of your life.
She is currently a columnist and regular contributor to The New York Times, AARP’s Jobs Expert and Great Jobs columnist, contributing editor and Second Verse columnist at Forbes, and the PBS website NextAvenue.org expert and regular columnist on personal finance, wealth management and careers for boomer women.
Kerry speaks and writes extensively, and has testified before Congress, about the needs of older workers and the changing workscape, as well as the importance of women taking charge of their own financial planning. Her work explores what women need to do, at all stages of their lives, to prepare themselves for a financially secure future.
Kerry has been honored as a fellow by The National Press Foundation, Columbia Journalism School and the Robert N. Butler Columbia Aging Center’s Age Boom Academy and The Gerontological Society of America (GSA) Journalists in Aging Fellows Program.
In 2006, she developed U.S. News & World Report’s “Second Acts” feature — a regular column that looked at people who successfully navigated a complete career change in midlife, their challenges, and their motivations.
In part 2 of this 2 part series Ann Nelson chats where Kerry Hannon explains the difference between an encore and a second career and how best to place yourself for this encore career.
SUMMARY
2:20 The difference between encore and a second career.
5:30 People often go into morning for their old job.
9:00 Jobs that ride the age wave
13:20 Biggest job hunting mistakes
20:00 Tips to work with a younger boss
23:50 Think of this period in your life are re-firing not retiring
25:10 Contact details
Connect with Kerry online
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