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The Age of the Encore Career Arrives (and Not a Moment Too Soon)

The goal of Marc Freedman is to create a language, mindset, and cultural infrastructure around a new stage of life--the Encore Career. It's that period after your main income-producing career ends but before complete retirement begins. We all know it's there, but aren't quite sure what to call it. Until now. READ»

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How I Hailed Cab and Learned to Help Older Workers Find a Job

What can we do right now to help people over 55 years old find and keep jobs?READ»

How to Work with More Meaning...and Get Paid

Why do you work?  As we emerge from the rubble of the Great Recession, more people from a variety of sectors and in different stages of life are searching for a more meaningful “why” behind the work they do. Paying the bills ...READ»

2009 Encore Opportunity Award Winners...Retirement, Redefined

There are four major work+life fit transitions that spark a fundamental rethinking of the way work fits into the rest of life: parenthood, illness, elder care, and retirement.  Historically, our response to each of these reset ...READ»