Following is part two of an interview with Phyllis Slater, owner of Slater Solutions LLC. Ms. Slater has devoted years to providing coaching and concierge services to the working caregiver and aging ..

Q: Who is James O. Armstrong? I am an author of a book about career transitions for baby boomers which came out last spring. The name of the book is "Now What? Discovering Your New Life and Ca..

Baby boomers are probably disadvantaged by being older.  While our society, in both the U.S. and Canada, is largely beyond the point of discrimination by race, gender, nationality or religious pr..

As you begin to transition into the next chapter of your life, other considerations will begin to emerge on your horizon. Among those factors entering into your new equation may be the consideration ..

So, what motivates federal employees and others to move during retirement? While there may be other factors, this list covers a number of the considerations many of our fellow baby boomers and other..

There is a tremendous disconnect between what the professionals in the economic development community and the human resources community know about the job situation versus what the typical man or wom..

From the Heartland of America, economics takes on the familiar face of someone you know, who may have recently lost his/her job. Should we blame the politicians in Washington, DC of this party or that..

Whether retirement is right around the corner, or several years down the road, it's never too early, or too late, to start planning for your future. Some people feel intimidated by matters of finance,..

On a recent Sunday afternoon, this writer caught up with a successful woman business owner, whose flight instruction and general aviation business is physically located at John Wayne Airport in Orange..

On a recent Southwest Airlines flight from Dallas to Oklahoma City, I happened to meet someone who is called into the situation only if there is a dispute between a labor union and management that can..

Today, Sheri Tingey, who is age 60, runs a family business called Alpacka Raft, which has created and built a series of ultra light, packable rafts for use in long distance backpacking and wilderness ..

No, it hasn't happened yet. But, the process has begun and it will continue as more and more employers of every possible description in America come to understand about the current and coming labor sh..

You have been saving diligently now for many years, looking forward to the day, not too far down the road, when you can retire and begin living off those hard saved dollars. You have done everything t..

We have planned our retirements pretty much the same way for the last 30 years but maybe it is time to design a new paradigm for the future. What do we mean by the word paradigm? The dictionary define..