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Encore: Finding Work That Matters in the Second Half of Life

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The movement of millions of sixty-somethings into a new phase in their working lives constitutes one of the most significant social trends in this country in nearly half a century. Encore describes the competing visions for work that are already lining up to capture the hearts and minds, and the time, of waves of baby boomers who are not content, or affluent enough, to spend their next twenty or thirty years on the golf course. Baby boomers are searching for a calling in the second half of life; they are moving beyond midlife yet refusing to phase out or fade away.

If the old dream of the Golden Years was the Freedom from Work, the dream of this new wave is the Freedom to Work—in new ways, on new terms, to new ends. As their numbers begin to swell, these individuals hold the potential not only to transform work in America, but to create a society that balances the joys and responsibilities of contribution across the generations—in other words, one that works better for everyone.

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The boomers are rejecting conventional notions of retirement and crossing into a new stage of work—and their energy could transform what work means for all Americans

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From the author of "Prime Time" comes this description of the competing visions of work that are capturing the hearts, minds, and the time of baby boomers who are not content--or affluent enough--to spend their next 20 or 30 years on the golf course.
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Marc Freedman is founder and CEO of Civic Ventures. A former visiting fellow of King's College, University of London, a frequent commentator in the national media, and the author of both Prime Time and The Kindness of Strangers, Freedman spearheaded the creation of The Experience Corps and The Purpose Prize. He lives in San Francisco.
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ISBN:
9781586484835
Subtitle:
How Baby Boomers are Inventing the Next Stage of Work
Author:
Freedman, Marc
Photographer:
Harris, Alex
Publisher:
PublicAffairs
Subject:
Labor
Subject:
Modern - General
Subject:
Labor & Industrial Relations - General
Subject:
Baby boom generation
Subject:
Age and employment
Subject:
Retirement
Subject:
Job Hunting
Subject:
Careers - General
Subject:
Careers
Subject:
Retirees -- Employment -- United States.
Subject:
Baby boom generation - Retirement -
Copyright:
2007
Edition Description:
Trade Cloth
Publication Date:
20070612
Binding:
Hardback
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Y
Pages:
272
Dimensions:
8.25 x 5.50 in 14.60 oz
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