Jump-Start Your Encore Career
Hailed as “essential reading” by The Wall Street Journal, the new Get Started Guide offers expert advice, tips and success stories about how to pursue encore careers in education, health care, government and the environment. Ready to get started? Read the Guide below.
Click here to download the entire printable Get Started Guide PDF.
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Get Started Guide: Table of Contents
1. Now that I’m ready to get started, what should I expect?
2. What do I need to know about job hunting these days?
3. How do I prepare for the possibility of earning less money?
4. How can I update my job skills?
5. How do I finance the transition to an encore career?
6. How can I turn volunteering into a job?
7. How do I transition from a corporate job to a nonprofit one?
8. What does it take to break into health care?
10. What is a green job, and how do I get one?
The March 3 Encore Careers Telebriefing offered:
- Career experts with resume tips, networking advice and more
- People who’ve made the transition and have ideas for how you can, too
- Questions submitted by individuals seeking encore careers
Check back soon to read advice offered during the Telebriefing with career experts Marci Alboher and Erin O'Connor Jones and encore careerist Mark Noonan.
Encore.org also will provide a podcast of the 45-minute telebriefing soon.
Video and Podcast
Learn five essential tips for starting your encore career by listening to a new podcast. by Marci Alboher of Civic Ventures. Or watch a video on BusinessWeek.com. in which Marci explains how to tap your network to get started.
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