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The Encore Career Handbook. By Marci Alboher

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The Encore Career Handbook.  How To Make A Living And A Difference In The Second Half Of Life. Marci Alboher

I stumbled onto this book one day at Barnes & Nobles when I was trying to burn up my Christmas gift certificate and it was a wonderful discovery.  Not only am I a “boomer” but I provide career counseling / coaching for Boomers and found this book to be “chock-a-block” full of information, resources, activities, and great ideas for anyone who is over 50 and thinking about leaving their full time job for something new.

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Marci starts with reinventing yourself, explores options, take some self assessments, consider financial issues, network to create more options, “do things” to create your own luck, and even explores being your own boss and creating a business.

The handbook ends with an encore hot list of jobs, sample resumes & bios, a budget worksheet, a business plan builder, and further reading.

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The Third Chapter by Sara Lawrence -Lightfoot

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The Third Chapter by Sara Lawrence -Lightfoot is a great book on understanding this Third Chapter of life and how we as career practitioners can help people successfully navigate aging.  She states this navigation requires curiosity, adaptability, engagement in new perspectives, skills, experiences, and vulnerability & uncertainty.  Yes, it complicated but millions of Boomers are facing this time in their life that will require assistance.

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She speaks to the developmental stage perspective using Bridges Transition work, Eriksons’ view of life span, and gerontologists Neugarten & Hagestad who say “people no longer move from adulthood to old age, but instead go through a relatively long interval when physical vigor remains high, family responsibilities are low, and commitment to work continues but changes.”

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How To Get Any Job With Any Major

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How To Get Any Job With Any Major (or how to avoid living in your parent’s basement) by Don Asher

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As I write this, we looking to bring Don Asher to Colby College this spring and I wanted to read this book in preparation for his visit.  I have seen Don present at the Middle Atlantic Career Counseling Association and was very impressed.

This book was no disappointment.   Like Don, this is a very practical honest view of what college age people should be doing (and not doing) if they want to find work.  He says, “the purpose of college is to find what makes you happy.” and that colleges “should also give you the skills to do that.”  There are still lots of people that look to colleges for specific work skills and the reality is that colleges help expand thinking, culture, and discovery by introducing people to a variety of subject areas and activities on campus.

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