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Next For Me is a new resource that connects and inspires our generation to evolve post-50 life through new work, a new purpose or a new social contribution. Mid-Career Crisis: Should You Cope or Quit? We may all be confronting our professional state of affairs around 40-50. Keiran Setiya, author of “Midlife: A Philosophical Guide,” asks why job satisfaction suffers … [Read more...] about Weekly Newsletter: Wading Through a Mid-Career Crisis

Next For Me is a new resource that connects and inspires our generation to evolve post-50 life through new work, a new purpose or a new social contribution. Bridging the Gap with Workplace Mentoring As roles shift in the workplace, Boomer workers as well as their GenX and Millenial counterparts benefit from effective knowledge sharing. This week we cover the modern … [Read more...] about Weekly Newsletter: Bridging the Gap with Workplace Mentoring

7 Podcasts to Help You Plan Your Next Act To properly plan a career change, a jump into entrepreneurship, or to make a post-retirement plan, you need to do a bit of research. These podcasts will help give you some perspective and inspiration for planning your next act, from learning to network to starting your own company to "unretirement". Link We’re Headed to … [Read more...] about Weekly Newsletter: Podcasts for Your Next Act + South by Southwest

The Curious Tourist - Over 50 in a Startup Nancy Branka is the founder of Startup Decoder, which offers resources on startup employment for those over 45. She headed up content for an early-stage startup for four years and learned a lot about how intergenerational teams can work together.  Link An Upbeat Outlook Our generation is approaching their next chapter with … [Read more...] about Weekly Newsletter: Over 50 in a Startup + An Upbeat Outlook

Understanding the 50+ Worker After a year of in-depth conversations with all of you, the 50+ worker, we’ve published our first market report. The document covers top-of-mind issues for our generation: the relentless march of ageism in the workplace, our imperative to continue contributing, concerns of financial continuity, the challenge to learn new skills, entrepreneurial … [Read more...] about Weekly Newsletter: Understanding the 50+ Worker

Welcome back. Is everybody warm? Thanks for all the sharing love you gave us last week. It worked. There's a new batch of Next For Me readers and enthusiasts. If you find our newsletter valuable, please forward it to your friends. Age Bias in Recruitment Ashley Mercier, a Media Solutions Manager at LinkedIn, wrote an essay on the state of age bias in the … [Read more...] about Weekly Newsletter: Age Bias in Hiring + The Upside to Everything

Welcome to the Next For Me Weekly Newsletter for January 30th, 2019. Next For Us Our newsletter delivers the latest news that inspires our post-50 generation with new work and a new purpose. In our free weekly updates we discuss work, lifestyle, finance, education and our communities. Find us at NextForMe.com If there’s anything we’ve learned about the evolution of what … [Read more...] about Weekly Newsletter: Next For Us

Welcome Back This year we’re committed to keeping you up to date on the latest workplace tools. We’re starting with Slack, the “hub for teamwork.” To keep it friendly, we’ve created our own channel so you can give it a spin. Jump on the Next For Me Slack Channel. Did you hesitate to participate in the Facebook “How hard did aging hit you?” challenge. Our community … [Read more...] about Weekly Newsletter: The Facebook Challenge Backfires

Welcome Back We know that staying relevant in the workplace takes a lot of work. The latest tools and skills seem to change every week. This year we’re committed to keeping you up to date. We’re starting with Slack, the “hub for teamwork.” To keep it friendly we’ve created our own channel so you can give it a spin. Jump on the Next For Me Slack Channel. Then find out … [Read more...] about Weekly Newsletter: Learning to Code at 60 + Hacking Slack

Welcome Back -- Clare Martorana is with the US Digital Service where she is working to modernize va.gov. She urges us to be open to new technologies and lifelong learning. Read her story. Speaking of technology, the new year is as good a time as any to try what’s new in the workplace. Slack is the go-to tool for work discussions and sharing. If you’d like to give Slack a … [Read more...] about Weekly Newsletter: Lifelong Learning + a Tech Tune-up

Welcome Back We start the year off with a visit to one of our intimate events held in a cozy home in Madison, Wisconsin. The conversation naturally lead to how informal communities can make our transitions a lot easier. So, let’s get together! We’re busy planning this year’s event schedule. Want to join in? Come to a Next For Me Event. Have you been wanting to learn … [Read more...] about Weekly Newsletter: What’s Next For You This Year?

Welcome Back To celebrate the past year of transitions and transformations we gathered some of our favorite interviews. A singer founded a business that gives her time for performing. Link A publishing executive faced a year of loss and then rose from the grief to start a private consulting practice. Link And, a former hotelier got invited into Airbnb as a mentor … [Read more...] about Weekly Newsletter: Our Best Interviews of 2018

Welcome Back Have you considered phasing out of your career and into retirement? Donna Kastner at Retirepreneur covers the idea of Phased Retirement. Tonight we’re very excited to be hosting an event in Washington DC. We’re talking about work, finances, our communities, and what’s next. Come to a Next For Me Event. And please, if you find this newsletter useful … [Read more...] about Weekly Newsletter: Phased Retirement and Calculating Reverse Mortgages

Welcome Back This week we’re in Madison, Wisconsin and next week in Washington DC. We’re talking about work, finances, our communities, and what’s next. Join us. You’ll want to read how Elizabeth White ended up being 55, unemployed, and faking normal. Her turnaround is an inspiration. New This Week https://youtu.be/rWNzVUTEN6s Last Week Thanks … [Read more...] about Weekly Newsletter: 55, Unemployed, and Faking Normal

Welcome Back Just in time for your reinvention. "Taking the Work Out of Networking: An Introvert’s Guide to Making Connections that Count" by Karen Wickre. Read all about it. If you’d like to host an event we make it easy. Host or Attend a Next For Me Event New This Week https://youtu.be/dbojZw662S8 Last Week Thanks for reading. If you enjoy … [Read more...] about Weekly Newsletter: Taking the Work Out of Networking

Welcome Back We hope you’re finding a little peace as the holiday season commences. We’ve got three guest authors this week writing about home-based businesses, how measuring success can evolve over time, and what’s new in wellness programs at work. Next For Me Events. We host both informal local gatherings, and public events across the country. Our next events are … [Read more...] about Weekly Newsletter: Workplace Wellness + Mid-life Success

Welcome Back We're attending Encore.org's 20th Anniversary Summit. A super positive organization working for intergenerational connections. We can get behind that mission. Want to attend a Next For Me Event? We host both informal local gatherings, and public events happening across the country. Our next public event is in Washington DC on December 12th. If you’d like … [Read more...] about Weekly Newsletter: 1 Million Adults Standing Up for Young People

Welcome Back We hope you survived the Midterms and are ready to get back to work at whatever it is that’s next for you. Our Fall Survey is live. We’re asking about what matters to you and what kind of events are a fit. Take the survey and you could win big! New This Week https://youtu.be/otExuQmDEm8 Last Week … [Read more...] about Weekly Newsletter: The D Word + Talking to Generations

Welcome Back Our Fall Survey is live. We’re asking what matters to you and what kind of events are a fit. Take the survey. Next For Me Events are informal in-home events, and public events happening across the country. If you’d like to host an event we make it easy with a how-to guidebook and even giveaways. Host or Attend a Next For Me Event Read Part 3 of our … [Read more...] about Weekly Newsletter: Next Career Social Media Tricks

Welcome Back We’re basking in the afterglow of an exciting event in San Francisco this week. With a great lineup of speakers and co-hosts, the conversations about work and financial health were lively. These topics matter to us. Next For Me Events are informal gatherings and public events happening across the country. If you’d like to host an event we make it easy with a … [Read more...] about Weekly Newsletter: Our Biggest Event Yet – Work and Financial Health