If you’re having trouble finding your encore career, consider shifting your focus from filling jobs advertised by others to designing a job tailored to your unique strengths.
By Steven Joiner
With so many job boards out there, it is understandable that encore career seekers don’t know where to start.
- How many positions are filled through job boards? Is it worth my time to respond?
- Do these boards scavenge from one another, leading to old jobs appearing as “recent,” even though they were filled months ago?
- How can I make my resume stand out and include keywords so that it survives screening by automated scanners?
CIVIC VENTURES - In this podcast, three career experts offer advice to people looking for encore careers.
MARC FREEDMAN - Civic Ventures founder Marc Freedman shares some tips on finding the right Encore Career for you.
On Good Morning America,
workplace expert Tory Johnson
tells the story of Jan Albert,
who started her own caregiving business.
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MARCI ALBOHER- In this Experience Talks podcast Marci Alboher, a New York Times columnist, lends advice on how to build an encore career with purpose.
MARC FREEDMAN - The founder of Civic Ventures talks about the changing nature of retirement and the value of engaging in a purposeful life.
ANDY GOODMAN - How can sharing our own stories help ourselves and others? Civic Ventures Senior Fellow Andy Goodman offers advice.
Get advice from Purpose Prize winner Duncan Campbell on how to start your own nonprofit. DUNCAN CAMPBELL
While many sectors of the economy are shrinking, health care is growing. And the industry is expected to expand dramatically during the next 20 years as boomers age and increase demand.
The health care industry is on track to open 3 million new jobs in the period from 2006 to 2016 – a 22-percent increase.
Bottom line: It’s a good time to explore a health care career.
“You have a lot to think about, because there are so many types of health care jobs,” says Debra Stock, vice president of member relations at the American Hospital Association.
