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SOMETIMES, THE BEST ADVICE IS JUST AROUND THE CORNER.

Join The Water Cooler community groups to talk about work at 50+. Seek and share advice on how to find a job, jump-start a new career, start a business, return to work after retirement, pursue your dream job, achieve work/life balance, confront age bias, and more.

Join these groups at The Water Cooler, which feature the six winners of the AARP My Dream Job Contest:

Career Changers

Jenette (aka "JenCenter") is plotting her journey to create a family social center in Chicago, Illinois.

The Downsized

Kathryn (aka "Kalikat") is "reinventing" herself to become a medical assistant after being "downsized" two times from jobs she held in Silicon Valley.

Entrepreneurs

Bob (aka "cineboy") is going about building a community-centered movie theater in his hometown of Bay St. Louis, a Mississippi Gulf town struggling to come back after Katrina's devastating wake.

Flexibility Seekers

Debbie (aka "dfleurs") juggles her part-time work as a garden professional in a small Ohio town with her full-time passion as an African-American heirloom seed historian and supplier.

New Workers

Stephany (aka "Stef") has tailored her community college education and hands-on experience at a law firm in Lansing, Michigan, to pursue her dream of becoming a legal assistant to help others.

The Retired and the Restless

Darryl (aka "Jazzman") is pursuing part-time work, with benefits, in his earlier career track with a media and communications organizaton in his hometown of Washington, D.C.

To see all My Dream Job Contest Winners and join their groups, click on "All Friends" and "All Groups" beneath the "My Friends" header.

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oldster1 says:

You might find this an interesting article:

http://newsflavor.com/opinions/aarp-does-nothing-to-solve-unemployment-over-age-55/

Best regards and wishes
Posted: August 15, 2009 4:59PM EDT
jdietz says:

Thanks aimee - I will check out both websites
Posted: March 15, 2009 3:30PM EDT
jdietz says:

I would like to find information and details about any LEGITIMATE "work at home" job opportunities - not any scam jobs that are posted on telephone poles or on the internet. I love keyboarding/typing and wonder about medical transcribing, data entry, etc. Any thoughts from anyone?
Posted: February 4, 2009 7:43PM EST
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