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Sunday, October 11, 2009

Over age 50? This is not your father’s job market - BostonHerald.com


Over age 50? This is not your father’s job market - BostonHerald.com:

"The transition into new employment - perhaps a new field - may be hard, but it’s far from impossible, says Carissa Brehm of the California Career Development Association. “The hard part is knowing what job they’re looking for and to think about transferable skills they can apply to all sorts of jobs.”

Angel, who’s lived in South Natomas, Calif., since 2001 and is PTA president at Two Rivers Elementary School, wanted to be a substitute teacher. Then she discovered her teaching credential had expired in 1988. And the substitute teacher pool, with more than 350 names as well as those of 40 teachers recently laid off, is closed to new applicants."