How Older Adults Can Find Meaningful Work An encore career, or a second career in the second half of life, can be an excellent way for older adults to find new purpose and meaningful work later in life. For many, the traditional retirement lifestyle of leisure and relaxation simply isn’t enough. They crave the sense […]
A Passionate Encore Career Teaching All Kinds of People to Sew [Podcast]
Podcast #304 – Teaching All Kinds of People to Sew Description: In this episode, I am speaking Linda Sivilich. Linda was a GetSetUp Startup Accelerator Program for 55+ winner. Linda has a real interesting story where she became disabled from her job in the airline industry and now has a successful and more importantly fulfilling […]
Are You Considering an Unretirement Career Pivot? Here are a Few Quality Examples
Unretirement Career Pivot Making an unretirement career pivot may sound a bit strange. I was first introduced to the term unretirement by Chris Farrell in his book Unretirement: How Baby Boomers are Changing the Way We Think About Work, Community, and the Good Life way back in 2016. Back then the thought was that many […]
The Secret to Success to Staying Employed in Technology into Your 70s [Podcast]
Podcast #274 – Mike McNatt Explains How He Stays Employed in Tech by Contracting Description: In this week’s episode, I speak with Mike McNatt, a test and compliance engineer who continues to work contract jobs into his 70s. He was introduced to me as the guy who has got this gig work down and that […]
Finding Passion in the Garden and Composting with Deborah Schnur [Podcast]
Podcast #262 – Going from Mechanical Engineering to Finding her Passion in the Garden and Composting Description: This week I am speaking with Debbie Schnur who is a Career Pivot community member. She has quite a story to tell of progressively connecting the dots to find her happy spot. Debbie left her career as a […]
4 Community Members Inspiring Career Journey to GetSetup
4 Career Pivot Community Members Inspiring Career Journey to GetSetUp Wouldn’t we all like to have a linear career journey that is always moving upwards? The reality is almost none of us have had a career that looks like that. We often have to pivot our career journey in a new direction. When you look […]
Explore Becoming an Online Tutor as an Encore Career with Joanne Kaminski [Podcast]
Podcast #257 – Online Tutoring as an Encore Career Description: This week I am speaking with Joanne Kaminski, owner of OnlineTutorCoach.com and she helps tutors start, and grow their online tutoring businesses. Here is her bio from her website: Joanne Kaminski is a former teacher and Reading Specialist with 10 years of experience turned online […]
Encore Career as a House Parent at the Milton Hershey School [Podcast]
Podcast #253 – Sal Hanna, Recruiter for the Milton Hershey School, Discusses How and Why People Become House Parents in their Later Life Description: This week I have a very different kind of episode. I am talking with Sal Hanna who is a recruiter for the Milton Hershey School. Let me read you’re a snippet […]
2021 Foundation Job Skills for 2nd Half of Life Career Pivots [Guest Post]
Foundation Job Skills for 2nd Half of Life Career Pivots Explore Job Foundation Skills to Career Pivot at any age. You aren’t stuck doing one thing forever – explore! There is no better time to follow your dreams than now. Age has always impacted job opportunities. From when you’re young and looking for just any […]
