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Retirement detour: Older employees working longer; more retirees seeking jobs May 29, 2009

In these scary economic times, older workers are putting off their retirement and hanging on to a paycheck.

What happens when an unemployed husband finds that his next boss is his wife? April 24, 2009

Entrepreneurial wives are finding their companies may be the best places for their out-of-work husbands. It's an employment prospect that changes the professional power dynamic while complicating the nature of marriage.

Cycling enthusiasts turn their hobby into a vocation by training as bike mechanics March 20, 2009

After he lost his job last July as a commercial printer in New Haven, Conn., Jack Foley thought he might like to become a bicycle mechanic.

Franchises beckon older workers to test their entrepreneurial mettle February 13, 2009

Thousands of older Americans with an entrepreneurial bent have started new careers by buying small franchises in everything from beauty shops to home maintenance to tax preparation.

Overqualified applicants flood the job market, fighting for posts they once managed February 6, 2009

The ranks of the unemployed swell with candidates possessing solid experience and education. Many have resorted to looking far below their previous pay scale as their job search continues.

Career fairs seeing older job seekers November 28, 2008

By EILEEN AJ CONNELLY The Associated Press MIKE DERER / AP Danny Ferguson, left, a representative of CSX Corp., a large transportation company, was mobbed all day at a recent job fair in Newark, N.J. NEW YORK — Catherine...

Have you encountered age discrimination? September 19, 2008

Have you encountered age discrimination in your work environment? ( polls) Q: Claims of age discrimination in hiring are a significant controversy, especially in a tough economy. Have you encountered age discrimination in your work environment? Nick's reply: Age...

Older workers looking more glamorous to company recruiters April 28, 2008

AARP is adding three federal government agencies and six private companies to its list of employers looking to hire people 50 and older...

Mature workers find opportunities November 23, 2007

Out of work at age 63, Michelle Hartman found herself on the wrong side of the digital divide, able to use a computer to search the Internet but not much else.

Retiring? Don't bail on stocks July 20, 2007

Once they retire — and often several years before — investors typically shift out of stocks and into bonds in an effort to boost income and reduce risk.

Not out to pasture yet July 2, 2007

When Marge Ball retired in 2002 from Coast Community College District in Costa Mesa, Calif., she planned to spend her time traveling, not for leisure but for business.

Lying down on the job not a vertical move March 7, 2006

David G. Bradley, the owner of the Atlantic Monthly, recently named James Bennet, 39, to be the new editor of the august magazine. Bradley said he chose Bennet because he had "lived life near the headlines" in his job as a reporter, had excelled at long-form narrative and had a "selfless nature."

55 + ... and looking for work April 24, 2005

By Scott McCredie Special to The Seattle Times CHAD COLEMAN / SPECIAL TO THE SEATTLE TIMES Five months ago, right on cue when he turned 65, Larry Otos retired. For the previous 50 years or so, give or take...

The new retirement era - part two August 14, 2003

"Retirement's not all it's cracked up to be," said former school secretary Jo Madison. "You get bored and need something to look forward to. Mindless days and going to bingo isn't my idea of living at 55. I want to do things that matter."

The new retirement era - part one August 7, 2003

Diane McDonald, business lawyer, financial planner, college professor and author of Personal Finance: Tools for Decision Making (1999, Southwestern Publishing), enlightens us: "Mandatory retirement is quickly becoming an archaic dinosaur.

Laid-off men are shaping up and landing new jobs July 31, 2003

When the first career counseling client told me he had been on the Atkins diet since he lost his job, I thought it was a good move since he was over 50 and seriously needed to take off pounds. I didn't pay it much mind until a few weeks later when another executive, who'd just become a client, mentioned that he was doing the same thing.

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