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Fox Business interviews Barb Quaintance, AARP VP on Volunteers. she explains how baby boomers want to see results of their work. 2011

three excellent short videos on long-term unemployment's effect on age 60+ workers, what unemployed older workers need to do to keep going and seeking opportunity, and a video interviewing Marci Alboher on Encore careers. On the AARP TV channel. "Take a test drive to explore options." Shadow someone, volunteer, do a pro bono consulting piece...

video of Margaret Manning interviewing Nancy Collamer on women over 60 earning income. 1--multiple streams of expert income 2--service businesses 3--passion/hobby driven Senior move managers. Meet a market need. Bartering services--accounting for something else. Mylifestylecareer.com is Collamer's website.

Margaret Manning's video interview with John Tarnow on digital tools to use for networking and starting businesses. (17 minutes) shocked at # of people who do not have photos on social media profile including LinkedIn "Transparency is new privacy" "Linkedin is great tool for our generation, Facebook more social, need to fill in LinkedIn profiles to give employers/clients sense of compatibility, affinities" It is also connecting to people they know. How important is blogging? A-It's a process to find what your point of view is. Part of reinvention process is figuring out what we have to say, that others can learn from. Manning did a list of 60 things for younger women to know Being of service to community is key. Subscribe to news feeds, Google alerts on handful of topics that relate to this interest. Go to website, comment, engage with other people to develop your voice, your brand. Purpose of networking--to have fun, to link up with others, looking to start a business--great opportunities on Linkedin, search tools. Act locally, think globally. Define product and market--same old skills we have used forever. only difference today is scale. Twitter is way of getting message out, supporting brand. Outward platform. Social mindset is needed for starting businesses. Live in a sharing economy--software, business development, etc.

"12 million applications, 600,000 interviews and almost 300,000 hires"

Interview with Peter Capelli, Wharton School professor employers want to hire people without having to train or onboard them so they are hiring competitors' employees to reduce start-up time. Also adding more requirements to have work done in 1 job instead of multiple jobs Employers have problem; they are overwhelmed with applicants, many more applicants than jobs. Companies have gutted admin functions, rely heavily on automation. Hard to get software right to get right people through. How can we get software to recognize nuances of candidates? three problems: employers have to focus in on critical requirements; how much is it costing companies to keep position vacant? Realistic expectations for work, for pay (guessing game for applicants), then start worrying about software. self-screening out is answer. Applicants don't get follow-up email responding to application. Can't find the skills I want at the price I want to pay--employers say it is lack of prospective applicants, not what they want as being unreasonable.

Compelling story about baby boomers who are trying to help themselves within Neighbors-helping-Neighbors U.S.A., a volunteer networking organization with 28 chapters in New Jersey serving 1,200 unemployed, mainly white-collar, baby boomers. These baby boomers are not able to find new employment that comes close to their previous work. "What he does recommend is lowering expectations. "You're not likely to be the department head," he said, "so sell yourself as a team player who will work with younger people and help train them." "

Compelling story about baby boomers who are trying to help themselves within Neighbors-helping-Neighbors U.S.A., a volunteer networking organization with 28 chapters in New Jersey serving 1,200 unemployed, mainly white-collar, baby boomers. These baby boomers are not able to find new employment that comes close to their previous work.

Doris this is a great story and it definitely validates that what we are doing can be a resource for those in need of a job. I do want to include a solild program on job searching and networking/ resume/interviewing etc. I also believe this is a bigger issue for our society- so glad to read about what congress is working on. Thank you for sharing this.

site that allows you to paste your resume into a form with the job description of the position you are applying for, and gives you immediate feedback on what to prioritize, what you might be missing, and what changes you can make to get past the resume screeners.

site that allows you to paste your resume into a form with the job description of the position you are applying for, and gives you immediate feedback on what to prioritize, what you might be missing, and what changes you can make to get past the resume screeners.