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Major banks agree to mortgage grace period in California

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Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Wednesday that Wells Fargo, Citibank, JP Morgan and U.S. Bank would give homeowners a 90-day grace period. Continue reading →

Best Ways to Recover From a Layoff

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(As part of Next Avenue’s commitment to publish helpful career advice and information for people over 50, here’s an excerpt about rebounding from an involuntary layoff adapted from  the new book by Reynold Levy, Start Now: Because That Meaningful Job I… Continue reading →

Why More Older Workers Are Becoming Unemployed As Retirement Nears

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(This article originally appeared on the PBS NewsHour site.) Judy Woodruff: Many Americans say they focus on saving for retirement when they reach their fifties. But what happens if you lose your job at that age? Our economics correspondent, Paul Solma… Continue reading →

Best Ways Older Workers Can Prepare for a Recession

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If you’re over 50, employed and getting a little jittery about the safety of your job due to the cooling economy, that’s understandable. Although the unemployment rate is still just 3.7% — near its 50-year low — monthly job growth has slowed to 158,000… Continue reading →

How to Triumph Over Rejection During a Job Search

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As a career coach, one of my key responsibilities is to help clients maintain their momentum and optimism as they look for work. Weathering rejections that often accompany the slog of a job search is critical. You can’t give up. So it is with humility … Continue reading →

Forced Retirement: Getting Upright When Your World Turns Upside Down

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(A recent study by ProPublica and the Urban Institute found that 56 of older workers suffer at least one layoff or other type of involuntary job separation between turning 50 and retirement. After that, just one in 10 earn as much as they previously di… Continue reading →

Surviving on $3 a Day and Hope

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Like many of us approaching retirement age, just hearing the word retirement triggers my anxiety, particularly when I hear experts say how much boomers my age should be saving. The fortunate boomers have cushions of 401(k)s, pensions and real estate. T… Continue reading →

Ways to Cope When You Are Out of Work

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(This article is excerpted from the forthcoming book, Out-of-Work to Making Money: 21 Comeback Stories Every Job Hunter Should Hear.  ©Copyright 2018 Aboon books.) I lost my job (at IBM) and then had a horrible stay in Unemploymentville. After writing … Continue reading →

US adds more than 8,000 real estate jobs in December

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The United States added 312,000 jobs in December, including 8,100 in the real estate and rental leasing sector, according to the latest jobs report from the U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics.  Continue reading →

Older Job Hunters: Powerfully Good News

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Getting a job in your 50s or 60s certainly isn’t easy, but new and somewhat surprising employment data suggests that prospects and pay are improving, especially for older job switchers. One big reason? The tightest labor market in nearly two decades, c… Continue reading →