Employment and Career Change Resources for People Over 50

Careers and Education

Workforce50 has added a career and education section to assist boomers and seniors who are considering a career or job transition. We provide typical salary and job growth data for a wide range of job opportunities that might be of interest to our readers. Local data is available for each job in major metropolitan areas across the country and includes the number of jobs, mean salary and a local popularity index.

Here is a sample of careers in which our visitors have expressed strong interest:

• Sonographers
• Cardiovascular Technicians
• Veterinary Techs
• Interior Designers
• HVAC Mechanics

In addition to the career data, we provide information on training and education for each career listed. For instance, if a reader is interested in becoming a mechanical drafter, we provide information on schools that have training programs to become a mechanical drafter. Schools are listed by state if they are campus-based and online if the training is delivered online. Readers can request more information on specific training programs using the links to the online forms.

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Featured Article

Planning for Long-Term Care
by Chuck Yanikoski

Here is an exerpt:

Medicare covers up to 100 days of nursing home care, and covers some home-based care, but does not cover nursing home care after 100 days, and does not cover assisted living.

Yet the risk of needing such help is fairly high. About 30% of men and about 50% of women will need some kind of home health care, assisted living, or nursing care before they die. About 20% of men and about 40% of women will need one year's worth of care, or longer. Given that assisted living usually costs between three and five thousand dollars a month, and nursing homes cost even more, this is a significant financial risk.

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• 01/20/2010 - Encore!Hartford Offers Path From Corporate World To Nonprofit Sector - By Anne M. Hamilton, The Hartford Courant
• 01/05/2010 - Outplacement is Like an Orange: Squeeze It for All it's Worth - By Fred Whelan and Gladys Stone, HuffingtonPost.com
• 12/28/09 - Take two: Second-career teachers bring life experience to class - By Lindsay Fiori of JournalTimes.com
• 10/22/09 - Survey: Many Americans Now Plan to Work Past 67 - By Janet Morrissey of TIME
• 08/13/09 - The best you: A professional image is key for job hunters - from the South Florida Sun-Sentinel
• 08/12/09 - Career center opens on S.A.'s Northwest Side to help laid-off workers - By Jaie Avila of WOAITV.com.
• 08/10/09 - Companies squeeze a lot more work out of smaller staffs - By Paul Davidson of USAToday
• 08/09/09 - The Art of Letting Employees Go - By Eli Saslow of The Washington Post

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