Publisher's Blog

Hats off to Age-Friendly Employers

Nancy J. Peterson — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 18:56:15 +0000

Today I’m issuing a confession and congratulations all in a single post. We work hard here at Workforce50.com and progress is painfully slow sometimes. But we’re committed to being an honest, high-quality web site with a mission and purpose of serving the over fifty community with employment information and resources. My confession as the Editor of [...]

Considering a Career Change later in Life

Nancy J. Peterson — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 23:22:02 +0000

There has been a lot written about the boomers seeking out new careers and making decisions to seek out greener pastures in alternative professions or trades. We wanted to get some first hand feedback on the greatest motivators to making a career change. And we wanted to get a realistic read on the level of [...]

Consider your Peripheral Vision…Again

Nancy J. Peterson — Wed, 27 May 2009 20:30:48 +0000

A friend shared an article from the New York Times Magazine with me today called “The Case for Working with Your Hands”, by Matthew B. Crawford. Turns out, this is an engaging excerpt from his soon-to-be-released book titled, Shop Class as Soulcraft: An Inquiry Into the Value of Work. In this excerpt, Mr. Crawford explores [...]

Workforce50.com selected by CBSNEWS Early Show for it’s Job Squad series

Gene Burnard — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 19:57:18 +0000

As my friends from Oklahoma would say “this has been a hoot”. A CBSNEWS producer contacted me in early Janurary requesting that Workforce50.com participate in their upcoming Early Show series on finding employment. This series would be a 5 part series featuring 4 job seekers - a new grad, a higher income person, a person returning [...]

In the words of the great McEnroe, “You can NOT be serious!”

Nancy J. Peterson — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 19:22:21 +0000

In a recent article in the Wall Street Journal, age discrimination seems to be advocated as a generally accepted business practice by a professor at the Kellogg School. Frankly, I’m appalled by the statement itself and all of its dark and legal implications. “It makes sense, with revenues getting tighter and profits getting smaller, that companies [...]