Feisty Side of Fifty/Baby Boomer Women

Now that the fireworks have exploded, the parades have wound down, and the picnic basket is back on the shelf, it’s time relax in the hammock and start sipping those mint juleps, right? Not necessarily. Even though you’re looking for work, you may have decided to take the summer off—or, at least, reduce your job [...]

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Once you’ve hit fifty, you’re supposed to do all sorts of things to support your health: you need to take those special vitamins that come in the silver wrapping, you shouldn’t start an exercise program until you seek the advice of your physician, and you need to take a myriad of tests that probe and [...]

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As a baby boomer woman and an unabashed advocate for my generation, I’m distressed by the ongoing dismal reports about the job market. There’s a ton of bad news out there and older applicants are constantly being told their chances for finding work are slim to none. But I beg to differ: In fact, what [...]

February 23rd, 2010 | Tags: baby boomer, baby boomer blog, baby boomer blogs, baby boomer generation, baby boomer women, baby boomers, boomer, boomers, careers over 50, Encore careers, find a job, finding a job over 50, job search over 50, Land the Job You Love!, looking for non profit work, looking for work over 50, Mary Eileen Williams, mature women, mature women over 50, mature women over fifty, midlife, older women, over 40, over 50, over 50 job search, over 50 women, over fifty women, senior, women 50+, women fifty plus, women over 40, women over 50, women over fifty, women over fifty blogs | Category: Aging With Attitude, Careers at Midlife | Comments (8)

In my last post, I wrote that the holidays are the perfect time to look for work. Most people stay home figuring nothing much happens this time of year. But the savvy job seeker knows better: your competition levels drop and both January and February are the strongest hiring months of the year—so networking in [...]

December 8th, 2009 | Tags: baby boomer, baby boomer blog, baby boomer blogs, baby boomer generation, baby boomer women, baby boomers, boomer, boomers, job search over 50, job search over fifty, looking for a job over 50, looking for work over fifty, Mary Eileen Williams, mature women, mature women over 50, mature women over fifty, older women, over 40, over 50, over 50 women, over fifty women, senior, women 50+, women fifty plus, women over 40, women over 50, women over fifty, women over fifty blogs | Category: Careers at Midlife, Your Midlife Revival | Comments (3)