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1) Questions and Answers about Career Transitions
Author:
James O. Armstrong
Category:
Business
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 Career After 50." The book is being sold at retail bookstores and by virtually every online bookstore in the U.S. today and in Canada. In addition, I'm a website entrepreneur, where my focus is on job transitions for men and women over age 40, as well as on subjects like college and training options,...
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2) Turning a Layoff into Success
Author:
James O. Armstrong
Category:
Business
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 preference, for example, I do believe there is an age-based discrimination that has continued among some companies. I deplore this situation and consider it to be something that we will get beyond principally based on supply and demand factors in the future.
Typically, companies tend to focus on older...
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3) In Your Next Chapter, Caring for an Aging Parent
Author:
James O. Armstrong
Category:
Business
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 of caring for an aging parent or parents.
Q: "I can't get more job training because I'm taking care of an aging parent. What would you say to me?"
A: There are alternatives or options which you need to consider, including elder care options from agencies that visit men and women's homes...
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4) Moving Can be a Taxing Decision
Author:
James O. Armstrong
Category:
Business
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 others consider important in making such a decision.
First, we may decide to move because a specific job offer emerges from either the private or public sector. This offer to someone in greater demand could also include a future independent contractor status or registration with a speaker's bureau or...
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5) The Shortage of People for Jobs
Author:
James O. Armstrong
Category:
Business
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 woman in America believes about jobs in our country.
The most common misperception, in the United States, is there is an abundance of people for the jobs. In fact, there is a shortage of men and women for jobs. Even more significant, there is a skills shortage. It is fairly acute in certain ar...
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6) Trends and Countertrends Examined
Author:
James O. Armstrong
Category:
Business
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? Probably not. On the other hand, should we blame members of organized labor or union bosses for asking for "too much" money? "No" because it's their job to at least ask the question. Or, perhaps, we may be tempted to blame senior management executives for their alleged "corporate greed."...
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7) Nurse, Turned Flight Instruction School Owner/Pilot Extraordinaire
Author:
James O. Armstrong
Category:
Business
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 County, California. But, how did Evelyn A. Carlson, a Nursing Instructor at St. John College in Cleveland, Ohio ultimately emerge as a partner in a Learn to Fly business on the West Coast and become a pilot extraordinaire. Here's the story.
As an intermediate step, Carlson began to teach bot...
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8) University of Texas Professor, Turned Arbitrator-Mediator
Author:
James O. Armstrong
Category:
Business
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 cannot be resolved by the parties themselves. Yes, he belongs to an elite group of men and women in the US, who are called into play only when labor arbitration is required. Arbitration in the U. S. is voluntary in the private sector and mandated in the federal sector, but the parties don't need to...
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9) Sheri Tingey, Alaska Entrepreneur Extraordinaire
Author:
James O. Armstrong
Category:
Business
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 racing.
Sometimes, a "new" business opportunity can begin with a challenge or a question from a friend or a loved one. And, that's exactly what happened when Sheri's son, Thor, asked his Mom to come up with a light-weight raft that could stand up to some of the most demanding parts of Alaska's...
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10) A Shift Will Happen in the Future
Author:
James O. Armstrong
Category:
Business
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 shortage in the United States.
Here are the current facts. There is already a nationwide shortage of nurses, teachers, truck drivers and warehouse workers, pharmacists, certain types of manufacturing employees and others. Plus, this analysis does not include the highly skilled worker shortage righ...
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