Take lower level temp job during your job search?
Dear Joan, I earned my MBA six months ago and have yet to find the right job that will challenge me and allow me to use my new skills and knowledge. However, I have been offered a 3-month contract position to do work that is in my area of finance, but significantly below the level […]
Find Life’s Sweet Spot in the New Retirement
An easy, eight-step guide to self-discovery that lets you make the most of your later years. We are living longer and healthier lives than ever before. Baby Boomers, born between 1946 and 1964, are heading into retirement in droves (about 10,000 a day, in fact). Joan Tabb is on a mission to bring the best […]
In the Me Too Era, Boomer Women Refuse to Retire Invisibly
Not long ago, many women, after the first blush of their youthful beauty and the beyond their child-rearing days, felt their lives no longer had meaning or purpose. Those days are gone. Women now are empowered in their later years and adept at directing their energies and talents in significant ways. They’re living their lives […]
Beyond the Bucket List: 5 Tips for Reinvigorating the Retirement Paradigm
Baby Boomers are heading into retirement in droves. Each day, about 10,000 close the doors to their offices for the last time. But, unlike generations before them, they can now look forward to potentially decades of vital life ahead of them. They represent the healthiest and longest living generation ever—translating to endless prospects for vivacity and […]
Big changes at work. Now what?
News Flash: Your company has been bought, sold, or merged, Will there be changes in the leadership? How will the changes impact you? Will you still have a job? Will the work environment change? Will you have a new manager, new co-workers? What will it all mean? Change can be scary and unsettling. […]
Exercise your ‘confidence muscle’ for career success
Yes, confidence does make all the difference in the world, especially in the world of career development and management. And I don’t mean false confidence and bravado. That is never attractive and never a winning stance, in any area of life. But I do mean the kind of confidence that comes from true ownership of […]