Favorite Books and Articles about Careers, Aging, and/or the Mature Work Revolution?

[Don Lubach]

Like so many of you, I find it hard not to pass up a promising looking book.

Using my computer's camera, I was able to scan the bar-codes on a lot of my collection and store the titles up on a site called "Shelfari." I think you can view, read about, and maybe even purchase the books from my virtual shelf. As far as I know, I won't get any money if you do this, so if you make a purchase, get the books from your favorite book seller--especially if it's local.

Here is the link to my "shelf."

Here's another list that I found on QuintCareers.com

Here's a nice run-down on articles about the revolution. Good reading!
Let's use this area to share our favorite book titles and articles. Maybe one of you will even share a report about your favorite book that relates to the Age of Work.

[Dennis Nord]

Thanks for the list of books to consider.

The above "text" and others like it have been among the most interesting to consider during retirement. I have tired of the re-tire-ment tomes that advise about the financial aspect of retirement and am glad to see something beyond money. Finance IS a value we all have to consider, but it is not the ONLY value of importance.

[Dennis Nord]

Here's a book that helped launch the new dimension in my current career as a docent naturalist: Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children From Nature-Deficit Disorder by Richard Louv. As a psychologist by training and background, I was postively giddy about a book that combined outdoor experience and psychological development. When I met the folks at the Reserve where I volunteer, I was primed by Louv's book to see the connection in what they do and the need to teach kids to touch the earth. Is this career? Absolutely! Am I making money? Not a cent. I am in the great fortunate position where money for my work is unnecessary so I can choose what I want to do and throw my energy into it.

[Don Lubach]

An astute member of our community sent me this from Today's LA Times. Warning, this is not cheerful. They said that there was a resource list of job hunting links. Can someone find and post that here?

Don

[Don Lubach]

This just in, some pretty good content about the 50+ Job search via ABC News.

[Don Lubach]

I am quite a fan of the site, called lifehacker.
Here are some tips I found there for job hunting. Some fresh stuff!

[Dennis Nord]

Looks like you and I are the only ones in this discussion. I've been reading more in a new sideline of my present career which is naturalist docent with great interest in botany. Jan Timbrook's Chumash Ethnobotany is way cool for looking at how the Chumash used many of the plants in this area. Nice to see a major effort come to fruition that will serve generations of folks curious about the world around them. Just further proof you can get paid to do just about anything you can do! So if you have an interest in something, and you need an income, start looking for those who are making an income from that same work or a tangent job that puts you in the arena with those folks rubbing shoulders and learning more about the field! Rip out a little bromus diandrus on your way through life!