Selected Resources
Jobs, Life Planning,
Re-Careering, Starting a Business, Volunteering, Finding Meaning in Mid- to
Later Life
Web Sites:
Life Planning Network www.lifeplanningnetwork.org/for-third-agers.htm
Elance www.elance.com
Suddenly Senior www.suddenlysenior.com/links.shtml
Workamper www.workamper.com
Cruise Job Finder www.cruisejobfinder.com
Tropic Jobs www.tropicjobs.com
American Association of
Retired Persons (AARP) www.aarp.org
AARP Magazine www.aarpmagazine.org
Innovations: Creating New
Visions for Retirement www.innovativeretirement.com/offerings.html
Third Age Foundation www.thirdagefoundation.com
2Young2Retire www.2young2retire.com
Seniors4Hire www.senior4hire.org
Go60 www.go60.com
Now What Jobs: The resource
for job transitions after 40 www.nowwhatjobs.net
Retired Brains: Helping
Older Workers Find Jobs www.retiredbrains.com
Peace Corps – Older
Volunteers Program www.peacecorps.gov/index.cfm?shell=learn.whovol
Senior Employment Resources
(SER) www.seniorjobs.org
Senior Staff www.srstaff.com
WorkForce 50 www.workforce50.com
Third Age www.thirdage.com/work/
Quintessential Careers www.quintcareers.com/mature_jobseekers.html
Boomer Career www.boomercareer.com
Not Yet Retired www.notyetretired.com
Retired Worker
International www.theretiredworker.com/
Senior Job Bank www.seniorjobbank.org/
Blogs:
Dr. Bamster’s Blog: The
Career Doctor for the Over 40 Workforce http://drbamstersblog.squarespace.com/
Job Stuff http://jobstuff.blogdrive.com/
AARP Message Boards: Money
and Work http://www.aarp.org/boards/,
click on Money and Work under Discussion Topics
Articles:
Re-careering of baby
boomers: reinventing yourself in a new world of work, by Mary Dixon Lebeau,
find article online at Encarta MSN Lifelong Learning http://spotlight.encarta.msn.com/Features/encnet_Departments_AdultLearning_default_article_Re-CareeringBabyBoomers.html
Working in retirement: 5
questions, by Walter Updegrave, find article online at CNN Money http://money.cnn.com/2007/10/11/pf/retirement/working_retirement.moneymag/index.htm
Retire to Your Dream Job,
by Mary Beth Franklin and Bob Frick, find article online at Kiplinger.com www.kiplinger.com/printstory.php?pid=13521
Several Sources of Advice
for Changing Careers in Midlife, by Roni Moland, June 10, 2007, find article
online at Boston.com, also see Archives, and click on Transitions, for more
articles www.boston.com/jobs/news/
Demand Grows for Older
Workers: Firms Focus on Hiring and Retaining Baby Boomers, by Bertha Coombs,
May 7, 2004, find article online at MSNBC www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4916661/
Presto Change–O: It’s no
easy trick to switch careers at 50-plus, by Samuel Greengard, November/December
2006, find article online at AARP Magazine www.aarpmagazine.org/money/recareering.html
Virtual Volunteering
Resource Guide, by Jennifer Uscher, January 2006, find article online at AARP
Magazine www.aarpmagazine.org/lifestyle/virtual_resource_guide.html
How Much Will a Career
Change Cost You? Plan with a
Career-Change Budget, by Dona DeZube, find article online at Monster http://career-advice.monster.com/,
click in search box and type “career-change budget”, click on the article title
Over-40 Friendly
Industries: Harnessing the Age Advantage in the Work Force, by Christina Couch,
find article online at MSN http://careers.msn.com/,
click in search box and type “harnessing the age advantage”, click on article
title
‘They Won’t Let Me Retire’,
by Elizabeth Pope, March 2008, find article online at AARP www.aarp.org/bulletin/yourmoney/hiring_older_workers.html
Working Beyond Retirement: For Money, Identity, and Purpose, by Randall S. Hansen,
Ph.D., find article online at Quintessential Careers www.quintcareers.com/working_beyond_retirement.html
Books:
50+: Igniting a Revolution to Reinvent
Don’t Retire, Rewire, by Rick Miners, November 2007, find in the library
at HD6280
.S43 2007
Prime Time: How Baby Boomers Will Revolutionize
Retirement and Transform
Encore: Finding Work that Matters in the Second Half
of Life, by Mark Freedman, 2007,
find in the library at HD6280.F73 2007 HD6280
.F73 2007
How
Starbucks saved my life: a son of privilege learns to live like everyone else, by Michael
Gates Gill, 2007, find in the library at CT275.G4163
A3 2007
Women
in career & life transitions, by
Sandy Anderson, 2000, find in the library at HQ1421
.A49 2000
Retire
retirement: career strategies for the boomer generation, by
Tamara J. Erickson, 2008, find in the library at HF5382.5.U5
E75 2008
The
older worker advantage: making the most of our aging workforce, by Gordon
F. Shea and Adolf Haasen, 2006, find in the library at HD6279
.S54 2006
Local Resources:
Jill Berquist, PCC, of Berquist Coaching Services,
LLC
A certified career and life
coach, she specializes in working with people in mid-life transitions. Her mission is to help individuals achieve
“soul-centered” success.
This college program allows
adults the opportunity to earn credits for knowledge learned outside the
classroom.
www.charteroak.edu/Current/Programs/Portfolio/index.cfm
This school offers all the
courses you need to become a real estate agent.
Community Renewal Team Senior Corps Retired &
Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP)
The RSVP program run by
this community organization matches people’s skills, knowledge and talents, to
meaningful volunteer opportunities.
www.crtct.org/Programs/RSVP.htm
Small Business Administration (SBA)
This government agency is
ready to help you learn about the process of starting a small business. Find out what it takes to be your own boss.
www.sba.gov/smallbusinessplanner/index.html
Leadership Greater
This year-long program
engages retired or semi-retired people, who are ready to use their wisdom,
talent, and skills in meaningful ways in the community.
Christine Pallotti, of Strategic Life Plans
Christine, a certified
Business Life Coach, believes in living your life by design, not by
default. Her career transitions workshop
at the library was an outstanding success.
Easter Seals
This government program run
by Easter Seals, is a community service and work-based training program for
older workers.
CT
This is an authorized
teacher preparation program that seeks to attract mid-career adults into the
teaching profession, especially in areas with a shortage of teachers.
United Way of the Capital Area’s Volunteer Solutions
Visit
www.volunteersolutions.org/uwcact/volunteer/
Urban League of Greater
This
multi-service agency’s mission is to self-empower individuals to achieve
educational, occupational and economic equality for themselves and their families.
Services include employability skills
training, occupational skills training, job placement, and an online career
center where you can find job openings.
www.ulgh.org and www.ulcareercenter.com
CT Department of Labor CTWorks Career Centers
This agency offers a range
of free services for job seekers, including workshops, resume writing
assistance. recruitment fairs, and career counselors. Many resources are also available online, for
example, the Job Central job bank, Education & Training ConneCTion, and Job
& Career ConneCTion.
www.ct.gov/dol and www.capitalworkforce.org
860-695-6295