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SECTION I: MAKING SENSE OF TODAY'S WORKING WORLD |
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Understanding the New Order |
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Longer Lives=Richer Careers |
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Stepping Back to Move Forward |
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Navigating the World of Work |
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Set Your Sites on Making a Change |
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America's Fastest-Growing Occupations |
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Second Acts: Still Flying High |
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Are You Ready to Change Careers? |
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Motive: To See the Big Picture |
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Putting Career Matters into Perspective |
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Are You Ready to Change Careers? |
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Out of Sight, Out of Mind |
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Second Acts: The Ingredients of Change |
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Acclimating to a Geographic Move |
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Worksheet: Gauge Your Goals |
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SECTION II: FINDING YOUR RAINBOW |
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What Is Your Recareering Style? |
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Worksheets: Discovering Your Style |
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Discovering Your Ideal Career |
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Career & Personality Tests |
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How to Gauge Your Interests Online |
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Career Counseling Comes of Age |
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What About Online Counseling? |
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Does Your Employer Offer Counseling? |
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Transforming Skills into an Occupation |
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Second Acts: Of Blueprints & Bedpans |
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Self-Assessment Can Trigger Change |
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Finding a Career You Admire |
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Worksheets: Self-Assessment |
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Understanding Your Work Personality |
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Key Questions 10 Careers Ideally Suited for Recareering Boomers 10 Other Careers to Consider |
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Career Options by the Numbers |
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Make a Federal Case of It |
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SECTION III: BUILDING A FOUNDATION FOR YOUR FUTURE |
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Back to School, Forward to Work |
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Laying the Groundwork for a Career Move |
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Cultivate Lifelong Learning |
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Out of the Cube and into the Class |
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Second Acts: Helping Others Attain ``Aha!'' |
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Making Social Security Count |
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Expected & Actual Sources of Income in Retirement |
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Understanding Your Assets & Borrowing Options |
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Factor in Your Financing Choices |
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How to Make a Severance or Buyout Work for You |
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Explore an Alternative Lifestyle |
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A New Career Changes the Equation |
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Second Acts: Learning to Feel |
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Addressing Healthcare-Coverage Risks |
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Worksheets: Calculate Career-Change Costs |
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189 | (2) |
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How to Sell an Employer on a Flex-Work Format |
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Telecommuting & the Virtual Office |
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Key Variables in the Motivation Equation |
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Second Acts: Cultural Immersion |
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By Your Leave---of Absence, That Is |
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Taking the Bite out of the Generational Sandwich |
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A New Generation of Perks |
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Thinking Big, Working Small 7 Steps to Breaking Away |
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Making Sense of the Change |
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215 | (2) |
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Embracing the New Activism |
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Beyond Volunteering: Taking Activism to the Next Level |
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Social Responsibility Means Business |
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Second Acts: Putting Street Smarts to Work |
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SECTION IV: PUTTING YOUR PLAN INTO ACTION |
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A Tool Kit for Trading Places |
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How to Locate Possible Employers |
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Saw Your Blog-Want a Job? |
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Social-Networking Sites Virtually Connected |
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Second Acts: Nursing a Passion for Change 5 Myths of Entrepreneurial Success |
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Before You Buy a Franchise |
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Basic Business Structures |
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Internship, Not Intern-ment |
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How to Whip the Waiting Game |
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Resume Rules 10 Steps to a Winning Resume |
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Second Acts: A Reckoning with Reality |
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Resume Realities: Making Your Mark |
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Understanding Search Firms |
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You on the Tube? 6 Steps to an Effective Cover Letter |
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A Cover Letter to Cover Your Bases |
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Sample Resume & Cover Letter |
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287 | (2) |
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Mastering the Art of the Interview |
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289 | (22) |
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Build a Business Case-for You 6 Questions to Ask in Any Interview |
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Dealing with Tough Questions |
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Be Ready for Your Closeup |
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Second Acts: Perm Peaks and Silicon Valleys |
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Staying Balanced During a Job Search |
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Negotiation Is a Walk in the Perks |
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When Mr. Smithers Works for Dagwood |
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Worksheet: Post-Interview Inventory |
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309 | (2) |
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You've Changed Careers: Now What? |
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311 | (17) |
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Starting All Over Again Is Gonna Be Rough |
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Navigating a New Workplace |
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Exit Strategy: Walk, Do Not Run |
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Home Is Where the Office Is |
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Tales from the Far Side-of Recareering |
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Worksheet: Discovering Your Style |
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327 | (1) |
| Acknowledgments |
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328 | (2) |
| Index |
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