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Hi all — I have a request from a major US newspaper.  A top columnist is looking to interview folks who are at or near retirement about the challenges of looking for a job in this economy, even a part time job.  He’s particularly interested in chatting with folks who had retired but are now [...]

A couple of very good job openings have crossed my desk from establishd recruiters.  Times are just so tough, that I wanted to pass the descriptions along to you.  If you think you might qualify for either of them, or know someone who fits these specs perfectly, let me know at wspiegel@genplususa.com and I’ll be happy to pass your [...]

CNN Money’s Fortune has a great columnist, Anne Fisher.  In answering questions, she finds ways to pass along some great tidbits of helpful advice.  Today’s column was a winner.    A reader asked about the pros and cons of moving to find work in a different city.  Her response was good and even-handed, but what caught [...]

It is certainly tough out there and jobs are few and far between.  So here is some good news!  One of my business colleagues has an opening for a top sales exec based in California:  Senior Sales Executive for Fast-Growth Hi-Tech ERP Sales Company.
If you think you might fit the bill, email me at wspiegel@genplususa.com [...]

I subscribe to the newsletter put out by Weddle’s (a career consulting, research, and publishing firm), and today, a very good article caught my eye.  This one is all about micro-careers.  I’ve referred to the shiftin the past as “career-chunking”, but I like the term “micro-career” very much.  The concept is simple — we will have many careers [...]

Yesterday, about half a dozen readers sent me an article from the LA Times on how the job market is especially tough for the older worker. Receiving an enormous amount of emails over the past several years from over 50 jobseekers at their wits’ end over trying to find a job…well, it wasn’t news to [...]

The fact that I’m old enough to remember watching my friends lose homes in the mid-eighties is scary enough.  But I wasn’t old enough then to understand global economic impact as I do now.  There are currently about 25 million Americans out of work and looking for work.  That is almost the population of Canada [...]

Times are SO tough.  I get a lot of emails and questions from Boomers and 50 Plussers who, literally, are down to the pennies in the cookie jar in order to put food on the family table.  I got a question yesterday that got to me.  Not because it is any different than so many [...]

Every few weeks I get a very good question from a reader that gives me pause.  This came in today:
Last year you very generously took the time to reply to a response I had …[which]… contained the following advice, “The industries that seem to be more open to 50 plussers are: education (private and public), [...]

Take a good look at who is driving US Postal Service trucks these days and you’ll be pleasantly surprised. When push comes to shove you can always count on Boomers and 50 Plussers to deliver your mail…”Neither snow, nor rain, nor heat, nor gloom of night stays these courageous couriers from the swift completion [...]