• "Matching Life Experience With New Careers"
  The New York Times
  By Elizabeth Pope
  March 3, 2010
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  Health navigator? Conflict coach? Pollution mitigation outreach worker? These emerging jobs aren't household terms yet, but they are a natural fit for older people looking for new career opportunities, said Phyllis Segal, vice president at Civic Ventures. Jobs in health care, education, government and nonprofit organizations are likely to grow because of an aging population, pending retirements and demographic changes.
• "Starting Over at 55"
  The New York Times
  By By Steven Greenhouse
  March 3, 2010
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  More than 5 million Americans age 55 or older run their own businesses or are otherwise self-employed. And the number of self-employed people ages 55 to 64 is soaring. But experts urge caution to budding entrepreneurs. "People should start with some realism about what it takes to do this," said Marc Freedman, Civic Ventures' CEO. "It's important to realize that this is a trajectory that can last 10, 15, 20 years. That means take some time to prepare, whether it means going back to school or doing an apprenticeship."
• "In Saving, Think 'Margin of Safety'"
  Star Tribune
  By Chris Farrell
  February 20, 2010
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  Columnist Chris Farrell writes that it's time to break the grip that retirement has on our approach to savings. He says that saving should be about funding career and lifestyle shifts throughout our lifetimes and quotes Civic Ventures CEO Marc Freedman, who notes: "You save not to have freedom from work, but the freedom to do the kind of work you want."
• "Underemployed: Settling for Less"
  SoCal Connected
  February 18, 2010
  Audio / Transcript
  The economic downturn has hit California hard, leaving millions without work. But some who have lost jobs have created their own paths to encore careers. Jan Albert, who was laid off from her event planning job, went for training in gerontology at Coastline Community College, a Community College Encore Career Grant recipient. The schooling helped Albert co-found 24 Hour Angels, which provides caregiver services to the elderly.
• "Workers finding fulfillment in encore careers"
  MSNBC.com
  By Eve Tahmincioglu
  January 25, 2010
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  In search of fulfillment, many workers are now turning to encore careers. It's not an easy transition. In fact, the tough economy that inspires some people to make the switch may also be the reason why some are unable to follow their more civic-minded career dreams, which may pay much less.
• "Why Baby Boomers Should Rethink Retirement"
  U.S. News & World Report
  By Deborah Kotz
  January 25, 2010
  Full article
  The economic downturn has tripled the number of unemployed workers ages 55 to 64 over the past two years. This trend could push Social Security to the brink. Possible solutions include encore fellowships, which help boomers transition from corporate work to the nonprofit sector. Civic Ventures launched an encore fellowship pilot program a year ago that could serve as a model for upcoming federal encore fellowships.
• "Harvard wins fans for advanced leadership course"
  The Guardian
  By Mary O’Hara
  January 12, 2010
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  Harvard's Advanced Leadership Initiative has been attracting press attention in the United States for what is being seen as a radical departure from the educational status quo and capitalizing on the expanding arena of "encore careers" - where people approaching retirement actively retrain for a new vocation that benefits society.
• "Our 'posterity deficit'"
  The Baltimore Sun
  By Andrew L. Yarrow and Marc Freedman
  January 12, 2010
  Full article
  America faces many deficits - in federal and state budgets, in trade, in business and, most assuredly, in personal finance. But there is one very large deficit that may underlie all of them. We face a "posterity deficit," born out of our growing failure to think about the well-being of future generations. So, we need a new posterity ethic. The leading edge of such a movement may be emerging, and from a place we'd least expect: the vast baby boom population
• "Community Helped Change How We See Retirement"
  NPR
  By Ted Robbins
  January 5, 2010
  Audio / Transcript
  With its golf courses and recreational centers, the Sun City retirement community helped change the country's attitude toward aging when it opened in 1960. Americans began to see the possibility of retirement being a productive period in life. Today more than half of Sun City's residents still work. The former "golden years," can now last up to 30 years. Marc Freedman, founder and CEO of Civic Ventures, says people over 60 are in uncharted territory.
• "Reinvention is the new employment"
  Detroit Free Press
  By Patricia Montemurri
  January 3, 2010
  Full article
  After Cathy Smith was laid off from her corporate job, she set a new course, enrolling at a local community college to earn a degree in counseling. It's a career-change trend noted in the 2008 MetLife Foundation/Civic Ventures Encore Career Survey, which found that as many as 8.4 million people between the ages of 44 and 70 had launched encore careers to combine earning a salary with jobs that had personal meaning and social impact.
• "I'll Know the Recession Is Over When ..."
  AARP Bulletin
  By Cathie Gandel
  January 1, 2010
  Full article
  To some 15.7 million out-of-work Americans, the recession is over when they get a job. But for others, there are personal benchmarks, ranging from the simple to the serious, about when they think the recession will be over: "When I wake up in the middle of the night to feed my newborn, not just to worry about my 401(k)," quips Marc Freedman, Civic Ventures founder and CEO.

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