Sometimes I like to see development...and this is one of those times. Looking forward to see the Allentown Arena project to get started. I don't live close to the action, but it really should help all of the surrounding counties in terms of jobs. Let's hope we can all last that long.
Saturday, October 29, 2011
Monday, October 24, 2011
Area colleges competing for adult students
Here's a link to a story that shouldn't surprise anyone over 50 and looking for work. What will be surprising is if all this education will get all of us work....or just more debt.
Loans and grants aren't available for short-term certificate programs that might help us find work more quickly, so if you believe you need new skills, many are opting to take out loans for 2-4 year programs that will definitely add debt but only might help find a recently graduated 55 year old work!
But who reading this thinks we have a choice? Who thinks that the 30 year old interviewer will still think you're overqualified? Ah, it feels like we're 18 again right? What am I going to do with my life? I hope you make the right choice... The wrong one can still ruin your life.
Thursday, October 6, 2011
Thursday, September 15, 2011
New Adventures...
I have just started studying toward my M.B.A.! While I'm enjoying the challenge, it's really tough! It's been many years since I graduated with a B.A. in Radio/TV/Film from Temple University, so it's been quite an adjustment. The majority of the classwork is done on line, but there are two in-class sessions per course. They are close by....here in Quakertown...so it's very convenient for me.
I hope that getting an M.B.A. will make me more marketable to employers or to help me start my own marketing consulting business.
Currently job prospects are bleak...for me and lots of folks in the U.S. And it's especially hard for people in their 40's and 50's to find work. There is most certainly age discrimination going on... although most companies and recruiters know how to be subtle about it...oh, you're over qualified....oh, you will be bored... or you may get an interview and then they just don't call you back or even consider you for a position because you look older than they are.
Is there a point where we should say "I give up?" We're forced to look at the idea of totally changing the direction of the rest of our lives. We have to do it or risk losing everything we've worked our whole lives to achieve.
I hope that getting an M.B.A. will make me more marketable to employers or to help me start my own marketing consulting business.
Currently job prospects are bleak...for me and lots of folks in the U.S. And it's especially hard for people in their 40's and 50's to find work. There is most certainly age discrimination going on... although most companies and recruiters know how to be subtle about it...oh, you're over qualified....oh, you will be bored... or you may get an interview and then they just don't call you back or even consider you for a position because you look older than they are.
Is there a point where we should say "I give up?" We're forced to look at the idea of totally changing the direction of the rest of our lives. We have to do it or risk losing everything we've worked our whole lives to achieve.
Saturday, August 27, 2011
Caring for Animals in Emergencies
Haven't posted in awhile but this is important information to have, if not for this storm which won't affect our area that hard, but for the future:
Saturday, July 2, 2011
Temple University: Temple University hikes tuition hike 10 percent - Morning Call
This is not good news for Philadelphia and Bucks County residents. Tuition hikes at a university whose goal it is to help kids with limited means get a college education will make it more difficult for those kids to afford college. It's important to research all available financial aid options available. Talk to your high school counselor, the college, search the internet, etc. Good luck!
Wednesday, June 29, 2011
Philly Homegrown – Local Food in Philadelphia: Restaurants, Farmers' Markets, Shops, Tours and More | Food Finder: Markets
Here's a site that will give you locations of local farmers markets. Buy fresh. Buy local. Save the planet.
Of course, we here in Bucks County have always had the pleasure of being close to local farms where we could buy tomatoes and squash and pumpkins and strawberries, etc.
Yum!
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