Jump Back Into the Job Market!
This may be an ideal time for older workers to jump back into the job market. Here’s why:
The historic “Great Resignation” may offer opportunities for older workers to return to the job market. But job experts say job seekers need to be prepared, both emotionally and intellectually.
“It is a fantastic time for someone over 45 or over 50 to get back in the market. Employers are grappling with finding workers who have experience that can hit the ground running,” says Kerry Hannon, author and career expert.
“They’ve been going for a bunch of months now without filling positions that they really need.”
Rodney Brooks
An award-winning journalist, writer and author and my specialty is retirement planning and other personal finance issues. I have written for many national publications, including USA TODAY, The Washington Post, U.S. News & World Report, AARP and National Geographic. I am available to speak on personal finance, financial literacy and the racial wealth gap.
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The author tells the history of the Freedman’s Savings Bank, how it grew much too quickly, why it failed and the impact on Black America. The Freedman’s Bank offered a safe depository for formerly enslaved people, expanded quickly and gained millions in deposits – mostly ranging from $5 to $50. But inexperience and corruption doomed it to failure, costing may of the small depositors their savings.
