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United States
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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.
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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