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SELECTED ENCORE CAREER RESOURCES: Encore Careers www.encore.org Tips, inspiration, and an online community for individuals considering encore careers—careers that “combine personal fulfillment, social impact and continued income, enabling people to put their passion to work for the greater good.” Information on choosing a career, starting a nonprofit, getting grants, and much more. A project of Civic Ventures. The Boomers Guide to Good Work www.civicventures.org/publications/booklets/boomers_guide.cfm A booklet from Civic Ventures for those thinking about new directions in work beyond retirement.
Boomster www.boomster.com Resources, ideas, help, and a community for people 45+ seeking their next adventure.
Choose Your Encore Career Career InfoNet Skills Profiler www.acinet.org/acinet/skills This government-sponsored skills profiler helps you obtain a comprehensive list of skills and suggested career options that match your skills profile.
Keirsey Temperament Sorter www.keirsey.com/sorter/register.aspx The questionnaire of about seventy questions is automatically scored on the web. Results are in the form of Myers-Briggs Types, along with suggestions of appropriate careers.
Lifework Transitions.com www.lifeworktransitions.com/exercises/exercs.html A series of exercises to help you evaluate your skills and values.
LiveCareer.com Career Directions Inventory www.livecareer.com Self-assessment test identifies your career interests, tells you what jobs match your results in your highest scored categories. No cost to job-seekers for basic report. Princeton Review Career Quiz www.princetonreview.com/careers-after-college.aspx Free five-minute quiz from a college-prep organization.
TestingRoom.com http://quintcareers.testingroom.com/ Several online tests and assessments for self-discovery. Membership, assessments, and abbreviated results are free, but you must pay for detailed test results. Job Listings - A Guide to Job SitesThe Riley Guide Directory of Job Listing Sites The mother lode for job listings, the Riley Guide links to and describes hundreds of job sites. They’re organized by categories, which include nonprofits and think tanks, public service and administration, government, education and instruction, arts and humanities, healthcare and medicine.
Nonprofit Job Listings Bridgestar www.bridgestar.org Senior positions in nonprofit organizations.
Charity Channel Career Search Online www.charitychannel.com/CareerSearch/SearchJobListings Job lead bank for nonprofits.
Community Career Center www.nonprofitjobs.org Nonprofit job listings. Job seekers may post profiles.
Deep Sweep www.deepsweep.com Searchable job listings. If you find a job you like, you can link to other jobs in that category.
Idealist.org www.idealist.org Jobs, internships, volunteer opportunities at nonprofits. Extensive listing of nonprofit organizations.
NonProfit Times www.nptimes.com The online version of this monthly newsletter does include job listings, but it’s also a good source of information on what’s happening in the nonprofit world.
OpportunityKnocks.org www.opportunityknocks.org Nonprofit listings feature a variety of ways to narrow by geographic location. Job Opportunities for Older Adults Operation A.B.L.E. www.operationable.net Eons www.eons.com/money/career_center Site for baby boomers, set up by Jeff Taylor of Monster, has extensive job listings. Jobs 4.0 www.jobs4point0.com Job listings for job seekers over 40.
Retired Brains www.retiredbrains.com
RetirementJobs.com www.retirementjobs.com
Seniors4hire http://seniors4hire.org/ Job hunters 50 or older can post resumes, search job listings.
Workforce50.com www.workforce50.com
Social Entrepreneurship Ashoka www.ashoka.org Provides fellowships to social entrepreneurs worldwide.
The Purpose Prize www.purposeprize.org Awards five $100,000 prizes annually to social entrepreneurs over sixty. Sponsored by Civic Ventures. The Skoll Foundation www.skollfoundation.org Promotes social entrepreneurship through awards, information, and fostering connection via a sister site, www.socialedge.org Discover Work and Work after Work (PDF) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Older worker focused websites connecting you to job listings:
You will find an annotated listing of websites at: www.quintcareers.com/top_50_sites.html
Websites focused on career resources for older workers:
www.career-advice.monster.com/get-the-job/older-workers/home.aspx
Websites of organizations interested in older worker issues, research, policy:
American Society on Aging
AARP www.aarp.org/research/work/employment/
Center on Aging and Work/Work Flexibility at Boston College www.agingandwork.bc.edu/template_index
Civic Ventures
Discovering What’s Next
National Council on the Aging
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