RESOURCES

AARP Career Center - http://www.aarp.org/money/careers |  www.aarp.org/findajob
• Offers excellent articles and resources for job-hunting, changing careers, or starting a business, including list of best employers for older workers

D.C. Office on Aging Older Workers Employment and Training Program - www.dcoa.dc.gov

Experience Works! - www.experienceworks.org
• A national, nonprofit organization that provides training and employment services for mature workers

FortyPlus - http://www.fortyplus.org/n76/html/modules.php?name=Web_Links&l_op=viewlink&cid=4
• Career and job-hunting networking organization available in many states

Mature Services - www.matureservices.org
• Lists job fairs just for seniors
• Offers some employment guidance

MaturityWorks - www.maturityworks.org
• National Council on the Aging (NCOA) job board
• Also offers tips and resources

Monster.com - http://careersat50.monster.com
In coordination with AARP

National Older Worker Career Center- www.nowcc.org
• Provides professional, technical, and administrative work opportunities to older workers through the EPA's Senior Environmental Employment (SEE) Program

Older Workers & Retirement Interest Group - www.aging.unc.edu/groups/work/index.html
• Sponsored by the UNC Institute on Aging
• Meetings to exchange ideas, discuss research, program and policy issues, and develop projects based on mutual interests
• Listserv also used for group announcements and discussion

Over 60 Counseling and Employment Service - www.oversixty.org
• Covers DC area only

RetiredBrains.com - www.retiredbrains.com
• Free job board searchable by keywords, industry, and location
• Register for an e-mail job-search agent
• Also includes career resources specifically for older workers

Retired Worker International - www.theretiredworker.com
• Free job board for retired Americans and Canadians seeking work on a part-time, temporary, or casual basis

Retirement Jobs - www.retirementjobs.com
 • Free job board whose goal is to "identify companies most-suited to older workers and match them with active, productive, conscientious, mature adults seeking a job or project that matches their lifestyle"

Senior Employment Resources - www.seniorjobs.org 
• Covers DC area only

Senior Job Bank - www.seniorjobbank.org
• Free job board searchable by city, state, and profession
• There are lots of hyperlinks to other useful senior and job sites.

Senior Service America - www.seniorserviceamerica.org
 • An employment and training program that uses community service to update enrollee's skills
 • Offers job clubs that assist in networking, preparing resumes, and polishing interviewing techniques
 • Other programs, resources.

Senior Success - www.XtremeRecruiting.com
 • News and articles for Baby Boomer job seekers

Seniors4Hire - www.seniors4hire.org
 • Free job bank with opportunity to apply online; many jobs listed are retail sales and management; search for jobs by city and state
 • Company profiles of employers
 • Career resources and articles plus hyperlinks to other senior and job sites, including state-related sites

The Next Chapter - www.civicventures.org
 • National community organization for those over 55 to network and volunteer
 • Offers connections to websites for job and volunteer searches

The Phoenix Link - www.thephoenixlink.com
 • Recruiters of experienced executives
 • You can post your resume on this site
 • Includes job board

2 Young 2 Retire - www.2young2retire.com/careers.htm
 • Good articles on job search and careers 
 • Free access to site and to newsletter subscription

ARTICLES

Ruben, Barbara
"Placement Help at the Gray Divide"
The Washington Post, October 9, 2005, page K-01

"10 Job Ideas for Older Workers"
AARP Bulletin, Nov 2003
http://www.aarp.org/money/work/articles/0905_sidebar_2.html

BOOKS

Harkness, Helen
Don't Stop the Career Clock: Rejecting the Myths of Aging for a New Way to Work in the 21^st Century

Woodward, Jeannette
Finding A Job After 50: Reinvent Yourself For The 21^ST Century
Career Press, 2007

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