Older Workers

ABSTRACT This phenomenological study examined the experience of being the father of a child with severe cerebral palsy (CP). Participants were selected using purposive sampling. Two interviews were conducted with 6 English-speaking, biological...

HEADNOTE Lessons from the new world of quicksilver work, where "career planning" is an oxymoron Adam Hasler looks like a footloose millennial. He's worked as a model, waited tables, and lived all over...

Byline: Bob Quick It's that time of year again: tax season. But don't worry. Tax-Aide Santa Fe, a program of the AARP Foundation, is offering free help from trained and certified volunteer counselors...

Public-nonprofit partnership to build homes for 60 vets Concern for Independent Living was awarded more than $12 million to develop 60 units of housing in Amityville for homeless veterans and their families. The...

So you're a computer science graduate of a top university, itching to work for a global technology company. Then you'd be up for conducting a pre-dawn videoconference with software developers in Botswana, right?...

HEADNOTE HEALTHCARE: Shareholder offer could be "destabilizing" Irvine-based eye drug maker lsta Pharmaceuticals Inc. has fired a warning shot and hired an investment bank to pursue options in the wake of its rejection...

Truck makers and parts suppliers, along with freight carriers and logistics firms, face a shortage of professional and technical talent, transportation industry recruiting specialists said. "There is extremely high demand for talent," said...

DETROIT - After hitting a 30-year low in 2009, U.S. auto sales are poised for a second straight year of growth in 2012 - the result of easier credit, low interest rates and...

A Few Recognize What Could Be a Game-Changer For Them: Advice NEW YORK -- Fifty-seven percent of Americans are reporting that they plan to reduce their debt in 2012, and 50% plan to...

Jewish Vocational Service of MetroWest, Inc.-Barnabas Health Workforce Partnership To Upgrade the Skills of 600 Incumbent Entry-Level Workers NEWARK, N.J. -- The Greater Newark Workforce Funders Collaborative today announced a one-year, $100,000 grant...

Transamerica Center for Retirement Studies([R]) Explores Actionable Approaches for Women to Better Engage and Successfully Prepare for Retirement LOS ANGELES -- Women of all ages share dreams of retirement that include traveling, spending...

OLDWICK, N.J. -- The "Innovators Showcase," published in the January 2012 issue of Best's Review magazine, is a forum for recognizing forward thinking among insurance organizations. The companies recognized in the inaugural showcase...

The physical design of high-tech workplaces is a key challenge facing senior management today. In a world in which collaboration is increasingly seen as the engine of innovation, the physical layout of high-tech...

At age 58, Matthews knows how tough it is to find employment. Although the unemployment rate among workers 55 and older is relatively low at 6.4%, it takes those 45 years or older...

HEADNOTE Incident Reporting Among Working Minors in New Jersey Among many of the potential out- of -school activities that are available to older children, paid employment and volunteering are two common legal options....

What makes a prediction a good one? Like any announcement that must compete for attention in the public sphere, the predictions that gather the most notice are the strangest or the boldest, or...

During our annual gathering of the Society for Human Resource Management's (SHRM) volunteer leaders in November, I gave an account of success--a story of a Society that continued to meet member needs in...

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has approved a final regulation saying that an employment practice that adversely impacts older workers is discriminatory unless the practice is justified by a "reasonable factor...