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 […]
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 […]
In Ted Ideas Barbara Oakley, PhD details an institutionalized program in Singapore for constant skills development. The essay is an excerpt from her book Mindshift: Break Through Obstacles to Learning and Discover Your Hidden Potential Today Singapore has roughly 2.0 percent unemployment, among the lowest in the world. Its per-person gross domestic product is more than 3oo percent of the global […]
This article was written by Next For Me member Diana Moreland. She was surprised to find after decades of working in tech that she was suddenly faced with the unspoken discrimination of being an ‘older’ worker. I’ve been working since the 70s and have never had trouble getting or keeping a job. I have been […]
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 […]