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Post by Dianne Harman, Huff Post, June 6, 2013 on reinvention. Like this conclusion: Every time you reinvent yourself, you're forced to learn something new. And a mind that's engaged in learning is a young mind. So what's your reinvention story?

Stereotypes about aging-which would you rather follow?  Jack Benny's approach (39 forever) or George Burns (I'm 79 or 95 or 100--so what!).

A good article from the 9/4/16 Sunday New York Times by Ashton Applewhite on how ageism impacts positive results int he workplace, and how we are going to need a women's movement" type of social action to combat age segregation and discrimination.

shows how civic engagement and desire for lifelong learning by boomers complement each other, Winter 2006-2007.

Wonderful, enlightening article on how boomers' characteristics will affect governing practices and decision-making, community building, volunteering, etc., Neil Howe, September 2012, Governing the states and localities magazine

New York Times article on the transition to nonprofit world after retirement. Mentions Encore!Hartford training, and the kinds of jobs people have gotten using their corporate experience and putting it to good use.

Nice blog by Danielle Holly, Common Impact, on engaging remote employees and skilled volunteers with good sources cited in the article, May 17, 2016. If everyone is remote, everyone is equal, but skilled management is still needed.

How Broward cities recruit and engage boomer volunteers from 2013. Want to see what has happened in the meantime.

"Older, wiser and a lot of them The world is on the cusp of a staggering rise in the number of old people, and they will live longer than ever before. Over the next 20 years the global population of those aged 65 or more will almost double, from 600m to 1.1 billion. The experience of the 20th century, when greater longevity translated into more years in retirement rather than more years at work, has persuaded many observers that this shift will lead to slower economic growth and "secular stagnation", while the swelling ranks of pensioners will bust government budgets. But the notion of a sharp division between the working young and the idle old misses a new trend, the growing gap between the skilled and the unskilled. Employment rates are falling among younger unskilled people, whereas older skilled folk are working longer. The divide is most extreme in America, where well-educated baby-boomers are putting off retirement while many less-skilled younger people have dropped out of the workforce."

online resume tips

online resume tips

Suggests two part-time jobs for workers 50+--accountant/financial manager; medical records transcriber/medical coder/billing.

From 2011 but still interesting, Sree Sreenivasan, DNAinfo

Nice visualization and good information on shaping your digital footprint in 13 slides.

This is the complete WSJ infograph on Pinterest for writing a resume in an online world. Lots of information in compact space.

preferred resume formats by Marketing and Advertising executives

Site gets a glowing recommendation from Richard Bolles, What Color is Your Parachute? They call themselves "The Web's premier gateway for job search, career exploration and school information, since 1994." Offer over 1600 resources, pointers on job search, networking and support groups, and lists of recruiters and job sites.

Good slide presentation on managing your online reputation by Susan Bearden at Holy Trinity Episcopal Academy

The WSJ offers tips for online resumes but the bottom of the article appears cut off. Doesn't provide a date.

identifies 5 digital resume tools for taking advantage of html

once the page finished loading, offers a lot of good tips on making use of LinkedIn, by Erica Swallow, December 15, 2010 (sort of old). The Better Profiles site is supported by Gillette.