By Laura Gassner Otting You’re called in for an interview for the job that could launch your encore career. The standard advice would be to promote your achievements, but that may not be the best strategy. Instead, voice your passion about this new stage in your life and share the “aha!” moment that set you [...]

This article originally appeared in the Los Angeles Times By Emili Vesilind June 14, 2009 The LA Times really nailed it in this article. Being ready for an interview is absolutely essential these days; from being prepared to answer questions, to knowing the questions you want answered, to the shoes you wear into the interview…read [...]

This article originally appeared in the Wall Street Journal By Kyle Stock June 9, 2009 A few months ago, Andrea Kornfeld was working on a computer program to shave milliseconds off of transactions at Merrill Lynch. Now, she’s a Peace Corps volunteer teaching computer skills to high-school students in Cameroon. Ms. Kornfeld, 26, applied to [...]

This is the last installment from our guest blogger, KSS, who wrote several posts as she went through her process of applying to graduate school — something she was not sure she would even attempt when we first met last July. When I was an adolescent, my grandfather dispensed sound advice upon my upset regarding [...]