50+ Workforce
Resources for Boomers and Seniors
Comprehensive web site from AARP – check out the work and retirement section
http://www.aarp.org/work/employee-benefits/best_employers/
http://www.aarp.org/work/job-hunting/info-05-2008/job_tips_for_50plus_workers.html
Primarily pulls jobs from Indeed – www.aarp.org/jobs
Blog Spot for Older workers on work and retirement http://community.aarp.org/t5/The-Water-Cooler/bd-p/bg59
Purpose Prize – For Encore careers in social justice http://www.encore.org/prize
Easter Seals provides job search support and limited training for the 50+ job seeker who are at 125% poverty level.
* This section of the page is growing. Please email me (tmaldona@pcc.edu) any resources that you believe are valuable to PCC students and Alumni in the job search process – thanks.
Articles
Re-Careering
Changing Careers – Idealist
http://idealistcareers.org/how-alice-changed-careers-at-the-age-of-62/
Moving forward from layoff or firing.
http://www.careerealism.com/fired-over-50/
Handling Ageism
Forbes article – http://www.forbes.com/sites/kathycaprino/2014/09/26/age-discrimination-how-to-handle-it-in-your-job-search/2/