From corporate executive to school leader
Beverly Ryder has come full circle. A product of Los Angeles’ postwar black middle class, Ryder graduated from Dorsey High in 1968. And now she’s back at a high school in her hometown, trying to help revive public school education in a city where half the high schools are designated as failing and fewer than half of high school students graduate.
Full story »Are you ready to stop climbing the ladder and to start making a difference? Some resources to help you get started:
The encore career is emerging as a new category of work. The opportunities are out there, but it will take some digging. Some places to look:
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Idealist is a network of 60,000 nonprofit and community organizations around the world, with hundreds of jobs and internship opportunities. |
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Bridgestar provides talent-matching services to help nonprofits build strong leadership teams and individuals pursue careers as nonprofit leaders. |
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Commongood Careers works with social entrepreneurs to secure talent at every level, from support staff through senior managers, and provides resources for socially driven jobseekers. |
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Shirley Serey is the community college student of the future: 59 years old, MBA, corporate manager, breast cancer survivor – and new teacher of special education, helping fourth and fifth graders with disabilities learn to read.
Serey is at the leading edge of tens of millions of baby boomers who are beginning to shift into a new phase of life and work.
The generational shift creates an historic opportunity for community colleges to become “encore colleges,” helping baby boomers manage transitions to their encore careers at the same time they meet the pressing workforce needs of their communities.
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Ten innovative programs
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Community College Encore Career Grant Project
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Innovative organizations around the country, from YMCAs to hospitals to transportation companies, have found a new pool of employees who are experienced, reliable and cool in a crisis.
These new workers are older – part of the growing population of aging baby boomers who are finding their time and talent increasingly in demand by nonprofit groups and other organizations facing shortages of skilled and talented employees.
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Profiles of 10 innovative programs »
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