We’ve updated our Job Guide for 50+ job hunters Assembled from our series of articles by David Perlman, an executive recruiter and career coach, on looking for a job after 50. Now available as a single downloadable PDF document to kickstart your next career search. To download the full guide click here. To read and share […]
Some say more than 70% of people land jobs through networking. If you’re an introvert, this statistic is enough to bring on a panic attack. Networking for People Who Hate to Network: An Introvert’s Guide to Making Connections That Count, by Next for Me advisor Karen Wickre, is coming out later this year and we […]
I am [enter your age here]. Is that too late to become a developer? There’s a popular meme going around the developer boot-camp world: “I’m an unborn child. Is that too old to start learning to code?” Even millennials ask it. Like exposing themselves as a clunky beginner might become an embarrassing fashion statement? When you […]
We recently covered Gracefully Radio, conceived of by longtime public radio commentator and author Lisa Napoli. Gracefully aims to show, through the stories we share, that while aging is inevitable, how we deal with it is a choice. Lisa interviewed Next For Me founder Jeff Tidwell last month and this week published the interview and story. Below […]
As it scrambled to compete in the internet world, the once-dominant tech company cut tens of thousands of U.S. workers, hitting its most senior employees hardest and flouting rules against age bias. ProPublica and Mother Jones published a hair raising investigative report on years of institutionalized ageism at ‘Big Blue’ told through the voices of the […]