Tag Archives: Baby Boomer

Career Change Questions Answered

by rosemary, October 1, 2010

We began this week with a look at what it takes to make a career change and how your passions, skills and resources can help you succeed as you work through the process. In this economy, where job losses are especially prevalent, it’s wise to give some thought to planning for modifications in how you spend your day. You may want to sign up for classes from your local community college to help with your career changes. On Wednesday, were pleased to welcome Teresa Burrell, author of The Advocate’s Betrayal … Continue reading →

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Thinking About a Career Change?

by rosemary, September 27, 2010

This week we’ll be hosting a virtual book tour with Teresa Burrell, an author who has worked at several different jobs and has also enjoyed careers as an attorney and a teacher. She’s not alone in her journey. According to a national longitudinal study conducted by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, baby boomers in the workforce tend to have an average of about 11 different jobsduring the first 25 years of their productive work time. Although the conventional wisdom has been that people change careers today somewhere between 3 and … Continue reading →

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Strategies from Stepping Stones

by rosemary, March 12, 2010

Through the years, Stepping Stones has always tried to help our readers cope with what is going on in their world. As one newsletter put it: This newsletter is in response to the stress and anxiety that many of our readers have been feeling in this time of uncertainty. We are inundated with threats about war and terrorism. We are impacted by the declining economy as we watch the price of gasoline go up, the price of stocks go down and the continued loss of jobs in our society. Americans … Continue reading →

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A New Age of Anxiety and Stress

by rosemary, January 26, 2010

The mid- 20th century was known as the age of anxiety – spawning even an epic poem, a symphony and a ballet bearing that name. If you were a Baby Boomer growing up in the ’50’s, you probably learned to ‘drop and cover’ or even had a family bomb shelter to help cope with the existential fears of nuclear holocaust. Now into only the first ten years of the 21st century, anxiety and stress levels have risen again at a monumental rate. A national health survey found that 75% of … Continue reading →

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