by Dr Denise Taylor | Dec 22, 2018 | Career, Inspiration
I am travelling to Costa Rica; my flight was delayed so missed my connection with a 7 hour wait for my new flight I have time to browse my reading pile and write some blog posts. This one is highly relevant to us – we are not too old to do most things. One article I...
by Dr Denise Taylor | Sep 23, 2018 | Career
A brilliant article on the benefits of hiring older workers. Access it here. Too many companies, especially the tech ones focus on recruiting millennials. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg once said young people are smarter! Research shows Gen Xers being recruited 33%...
by Dr Denise Taylor | Aug 22, 2018 | Career, Turning 60
Transition to 60 is different to transition to 50. Back when I turned 50, I got into travel. I had 3 big holidays, and these were a major change from the standard all-inclusive beach holidays to proper adventures. The Christmas before and after my birthday I went on...
by Dr Denise Taylor | Aug 9, 2018 | Career, Inspiration
Could you be a 50 plus Intern?Remember the film: The Intern? Robert De Niro played a 70 year old intern. Everyone else who worked for the e-commerce start-up was years younger than him but he fitted in well, sharing his professional expertise and also giving emotional...
by Dr Denise Taylor | Aug 1, 2018 | Career, Inspiration, Turning 60
Our 50s can be the time many will rethink their career. With children left home, mortgage paid off and possibly the end of a marriage this is a time when some want to start a second act. Moving home and looking on my bookshelves I have several books on the topic of...
by Dr Denise Taylor | Jul 27, 2018 | Career
There comes a day, somewhere in the middle of every woman’s life, when Mother Nature herself stands behind us and wraps her arms around our shoulders, whispering “It’s time”. You have taken enough now. It’s time to stop growing up, stop growing older and start growing...
