The Encore Network

Join us on April 24 at noon ET for our next program: Unlocking Purpose: A Workshop for Employers, Coaches, and Consultants Register here: https://lnkd.in/gV8GBYnP

As a member of the Network's Encore Entrepreneurship Affinity Group, I believe it's important that ALL of us who have started businesses as older adults change the #AI narrative that entrepreneurship is solely the province of young men. Would love to see comments by those who have started and are running businesses in their 50s and beyond. #EndAgeism #EncoreEntrepreneurship is real.

May is #OlderAmericansMonth in the US. Let’s use this opportunity to: > Connect with #businesses and #brands — tell them to hire people over 50 and market to them with respect. > Connect with news and #media outlets — tell them to stop ageist language, headlines, images and stories. > Connect with your legislators — tell them to pass #POWADA (Protect Older Workers Against Discrimination Act. > Connect with #CareerOneStop Centers — tell them to offer skills training and other job search services to older job seekers. > Connect with #TheEncoreNetwork — join like-minded people who want to remove barriers and advance opportunities for people over 50. More info here: https://lnkd.in/e-8E-jy7.

“Have an experimental mindset.” That’s the advice Chris Farrell has for people over 50 who are engaged in a job search. As a longtime journalist and chief economics contributor to Marketplace by APM, heard weekdays on NPR, Chris is also the author of “Purpose and a Paycheck” and “Unretirement.” He has interviewed and written about dozens of people who have found creative ways to work that are both rewarding and don’t involve an employer. He does #freelance work himself. So who better to set the stage for and lead our panel in a conversation about #nontraditional ways to work. Chris will be joined by John Andrews, Jacqueline (Jackie) Davis, MBA, Sylvia Fox and Robin Johnson Pounds to talk about their experiences as freelance, #consulting, and #contract workers. Each has pivoted from traditional jobs to mid- and late-career alternatives and they love the independence, flexibility and control that their new work offers. If you provide support to older workers in #transition, you can learn a lot from the experiences of Chris and our panel. Join us to hear their tips for finding a job without getting hired. Wednesday, May 15, 12-1 pm ET, 9-10 am PT.  https://lnkd.in/eYhbeM6H Presented by The Encore Network and sponsored by WAHVE LLC, an employment agency placing at-home contract workers in the insurance industry.

Want to know more about the business case for older workers and intergenerational teams that you can share with your coaching clients? Or use yourself? Check out my interview with Get Hired by LinkedIn News' Andrew Seaman!

Jacqueline (Jackie) Davis, MBA describes herself as a sick, frustrated corporate employee who dared to follow her dream of a better life. Today, she draws on her years in business and marketing to help women become KBBOs — “kick-butt business owners.” But her first venture was interior design, which took her across the US designing rooms that were featured on HGTV’s Decorating Cents. And along the way, she has been a contract worker for firms seeking her marketing expertise, a keynote speaker, a storyteller on the World channel’s Stories from the Stage, and the organizer of virtual birthday parties during the pandemic. What’s the theme that connects all these work experiences? It’s one of curiosity, awareness of your skills, and a willingness to try new things. Her motto is “Why not? What do I have to lose?” If you provide support to #olderworkers in #transition, you can learn a lot from Jackie’s experience. She’s one of many people over 50 who find #freelance, #consulting, #contract and other #nontraditionalwork. Join us to hear her tips, and those of other panelists, for finding a job without getting hired. Wednesday, May 15, 12-1 pm ET, 9-10 am PT. https://lnkd.in/du_zmd5a Presented by The Encore Network and sponsored by WAHVE LLC, an employment agency placing at-home contract workers in the insurance industry.

If you champion or coach #OlderAdults in the workplace, or who are #jobseeking, you won't want to miss this!

We are excited to host this event!

Thinking about turning your #sidehustle or #hobby into an #encore? Check out this terrific article by Chris Farrell for Next Avenue!

If you are part of the #encore movement, whether as a program operator, career/transition coach, covering #OlderWorkers for media, or yourself an older #jobseeker, you'll want to read this. What would YOU add to the list? #ReframingAging #Intergenerational #democracy #ageism