Product Description

75+ "best jobs" lists for baby boomers by demographic, earnings, growth openings, education, and more plus 225 detailed job descriptions.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #698880 in Books
• Published on: 2006-07
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 464 pages

Review
I recommend it as a useful guide to help baby boomers transition into ‘retirement’ and make a late career change. -- Kathleen Casey-Kirschling, Master’s in Health Education, First Baby Boomer

If you are a baby boomer thinking of changing careers…or changing to a part-time job, you should read this. -- Steve Bridge, CEO, National Association of Working Seniors

Invaluable for baby boomers staying in and re-entering the workforce....I...have yet to see a more comprehensive resource. -- Tammi Midkiff, Project Coordinator, Senior Employment Center—Athens

Job seekers will use this volume to help them self-direct their career decision-making. -- Deborah E. Lipton, Senior Human Resources Generalist/Program Manager, Operation A.B.L.E. of Greater Boston, Inc.

The lists are targeted to the needs of job seekers, such as age-sensitive abilities. -- Linda Hopkins, Librarian, Harriotte B. Smith Library, Camp Lejeune, NC

Customer Reviews

Not helpful in the least
This book is a compendium of job listings and descriptions for people over fifty. But most of it is just ridiculous. It lists jobs like "CEO" and "college professor" and "professional writer" as good career changes for older workers, as though these jobs just grow on trees and would plop down in your lap if you wanted them. It's a complete waste of money. You would be better off searching job listing sites on the internet.

A valuable career-finding resource based on the latest government data
The latest of the "Best Jobs" series, 225 Best Jobs For Baby Boomers is a valuable career-finding resource based on the latest government data. Featuring 225 job descriptions and over 75 best job lists, including jobs with the best pay, fastest growth, and most openings, 225 Best Jobs For Baby Boomers emphasizes that it's never too late to change one's career, make the most of past work experience and seize the future. Entries for individual jobs are brief but compact a staggering amount of information into a couple pages, including annual earnings, growth, annual job openings, % self-employed, % part-time, percentage of workers by age bracket, needed skills, valuable education and training programs, and more. Enthusiastically recommended for both public libraries and private use.