EXPLORE YOUR ENCORE POSSIBILITIES
Are you intrigued by the idea of an encore career – but stymied about how to get from here to there? How do you even begin to figure out how to channel your experience and talent into work that provides meaning and helps solve social problems?
In this section you’ll find help determining what type of work engages your heart and taps your natural gifts, practical advice on assessing your skills and interests, and tips on financing your encore career.
- Find your calling
- Understand that you're not alone
- Get the lowdown on the financial realities
6 GREAT RESOURCES
These career guides will help you start thinking about your encore career journey:
- The Idealist Guide to Nonprofit Careers for Sector Switchers
- What Color Is Your Parachute? 2010: A Practical Guide for Job Hunters and Career Changers
- A Long Bright Future: An Action Plan for a Lifetime of Happiness, Health, and Financial Security
- Encore: Finding Work That Matters in the Second Half of Life
- Get Started Guide
- THE BIG SHIFT
THREE PATHS TO HAPPINESS IN AN ENCORE CAREER
Encore careers combine continued income, social impact and personal fulfillment. But while it's relatively straightforward to calculate
WHAT DOES IT TAKE…
- To break into health care?
- To become a teacher?
- To get a green job?
- To work in government?
PLANNING AHEAD?
Jobs are tight now, but a labor economist says there will be more jobs than people in coming years.
Read the report and get a preview of emerging jobs in the coming years in education, health care and the green economy.
THE BIG SHIFT
The New York Times calls The Big Shift: Navigating the
New Stage Beyond MIdlife by Civic Ventures founder
and CEO Marc Freedman “an imaginative work with
the potential to affect our individual lives and
our collective future.”
HEADLINES
WHAT COLOR IS YOUR PARACHUTE?
In this updated version of the classic, What Color is Your Parachute? 2010: A Practical Manual for Job Hunters and Career Changers, author Richard Bolles offers practical advice for navigating one of the toughest job markets in years, with special focus on career switchers.
Find the book on Amazon.com
THE IDEALIST GUIDE TO NONPROFIT CAREERS FOR SECTOR SWITCHERS
This essential resource for encore jobseekers outlines how to move from volunteering to rewarding nonprofit careers.
THE BENEFITS OF A MULTIGENERATIONAL WORKFORCE
07/28/2010 - 03:35:43pm
Unlike any other time in history, people from four generations are on the job together. Civic Ventures, with support from MetLife Foundation, commissioned three essays exploring today’s multigenerational workforce.
- by: Phyllis Segal | More >