How to Take Control of Your Career After 50

How to Take Control of Your Career After 50

Kerry Hannon with some tips for older workers from her new book:

Kerry Hannon has written for Next Avenue about work and personal finances since the site was founded in 2012. The journalist, 61, recently became a Yahoo! senior columnist; launched “The Second Act Show,” a biweekly streaming livecast with career coach John Tarnoff; and published a book, appropriately called “In Control at 50 Plus: How to Succeed in the New World of Work.”

I recently chatted with Kerry, a longtime friend and colleague, to hear how and why older adults can take control in the new world of work, whether she thinks the hot job market has reduced age discrimination and to share lessons she learned after not getting another job recently. Read the full article on Next Avenue.

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