Are you looking for a job? Perhaps you feel ready for a career change, were laid off, or realize that you retired too early and want—or need—to get back into the workforce. Having experienced a mid-life career change myself, I found the prospect of a job search quite daunting. In fact, I used to joke about being interviewed by "little children". If you are over 60, maybe 50 or even 40, you probably will experience the same feelings yourself, especially when you see 20- and 30-somethings competing for the same positions. Well, take heart: there is a lot of help out there for you. The following are a few information-packed books I found at our library:


Encore: Finding Work that Matters in the Second Half of Life (2008), by Marc Freedman.
A social entrepreneur and the founder of Civic Ventures, Freedman is leading the charge to get people who are midlife or older to get (or stay) working in ways that can solve the big social problems of our world. He very articulately expresses how this can be done, and why it must be done.



Don’t Retire, REWIRE! 5 Steps to Fulfilling Work that Fuels your Passion, Suits your Personality,
and Fills your Pocket, 2nd ed. (2007), by Jeri Sedlar and Rick Miners.
This book gives you the tools you will need to find the right job for the years ahead. Jeri Sedlar is Senior Advisor to The Conference Board Mature Workforce and the former editor-at-large of Working Woman magazine.


These and many more titles are available at NPL’s Career area. You will also find specialized career databases, classes and programs there. And you may wish to take a look at our Career webpage, especially the section for Retirees. Also, the AARP gives awards each year to the Best Employers for Workers over 50. Look at the AARP Foundation’s Worksearch website for a whole suite of customizable tools to help you along the road to finding the right job for you.