Does Age Matter? Exploring Life Stage, Career Stage and Perceptions of Quality Employment: Findings From the NEW Age & Generations Study is a video presented by Kathy Lynch, director of employer engagement for the Center on Aging and Work, Boston College.

To the video of Lynch’s entire presentation, including her slides, click here, then click on the right arrow to start the video.

Civic Ventures’ new Get Started Guide answers 12 of the questions most commonly asked by individual seeking encore careers that offer income doing work that is personally fulfilling and has social impact.

Among the questions answers are “How can I update my job skills,” “How do I finance the transition to an encore career?” and “How do I transition from a corporate job to a nonprofit one?”

A Long Bright Future: An Action Plan for a Lifetime of Happiness, Health, and Financial Security by Laura Carstensen.

Retired Scientists, Engineers and Technicians (ReSET)

The Sloan Center on Aging & Work Website features current and completed projects, and allows you to access publications and aging and work literature references. You can also sign up for virtual seminars and workshops.

In Something to Live By: Finding Your Way in the Second Half of Life, co-authors Richard Leider and David Shapiro provide stories of those finding meaning and purpose in the second half of life.

By Jeri Sadler and Rick Miners. Alpha, 2007
Is it more important to have accomplishments or new experiences? To be a leader or to make a difference? To help you determine your motivations, Jeri Sadler and Rick Miners, authors of Don’t Retire, Rewire!, have developed a list of thirty “drivers” — the goal is to whittle the list down to five.
Price: $18.95
Available online at Don’t Retire, Rewire

By Glenn Ruffenach and Kelly Greene. Three Rivers Press, 2007
The new The Wall Street Journal. Complete Retirement Guidebook: How to Plan It, Live It and Enjoy It assesses the pros and cons in a chapter called “To Work or Not to Work,” (and also includes sections on balancing engagement and freedom and volunteering).
Price: $14.95
Available online at www.randomhouse.com

Bridgestar’s Bridging to the Nonprofit Sector portal contains a trove of information for people considering making the switch from for-profit work to nonprofit organizations.