Top 20 best part-time jobs for boomers
Friday, Oct. 24, 2008
With all the talk about how most of us will NEVER get to retire completely, perhaps you'd be interested in this list from Newsday and Careerbuilder.com.
It's a wonderful life
Monday, June 16, 2008
As a young girl in the early '60s, Anne Taintor was constantly drawing or painting. Little did she know, she would grow up to make a living, not with pencils and brushes, but with scissors, a scanner and vintage women’s magazines.
Workplace full of gender time warps, parallel universes
Monday, June 9, 2008
At a focus group of technology executives in Silicon Valley, a senior woman offered this advice to her younger counterparts: "If you want to be in the loop, get yourself a male alias."
Elder-care benefit a boon to boomers
Thursday, May 22, 2008
Many workers struggle to balance their personal and home life demands with their jobs. One of those demands - caring for aging parents - is beginning to eclipse child-care concerns as a pull on workers' time and mental energy.
Asleep on the job, and proud of it — sort of
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
Sometimes in life it's best to come clean about something you've hidden from all but your closest friends. So here goes: I nap at work.
Farm flowers under 3 generations
Saturday, May 3, 2008
Months of care ensure that Holland Acres' tulips push through the soil each spring in triumphant bloom. But the business itself - that's had the benefit of three generations' worth of nourishing.
Higher pay puts older workers on firing line
Tuesday, April 29, 2008
Older workers are more vulnerable to losing their jobs than younger ones when companies cut costs. They know this instinctively, even though the law of the land forbids age-related discrimination.
Men, women entrepreneurs driven by different motivations
Thursday, April 17, 2008
Men may be from Mars and women from Venus when it comes to relationships, but how about when it comes to entrepreneurship?
Old meets new at Etsy
You'll find all kinds of handmade items for sale on Web site
Tuesday, March 25, 2008
Sometimes a step back is really a step forward. That's how devotees look at Etsy, an online marketplace for handmade goods.
Boomers may find bridge to health insurance
Tuesday, March 11, 2008
"Making it to Medicare" has become one of the biggest challenges for baby boomers who retire or are laid off before 65.
Older workers caught in grip of long-term unemployment
Friday, March 7, 2008
Workers aged 45 or older make up 27 percent of the workforce, for instance, but they comprise 37 percent of the long-term unemployed.
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