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When was the last time you felt capable of taking a risk with your career? If, like many of our cohort, you were raising a family and carrying a mortgage, chances are your responsibilities prevented you from making any big, scary moves in an unfamiliar field. Maybe you have been waiting for a chance to cut loose, to try something you put on hold until now. Welcome to grownup liberation. Here are some helpful links to get you going.

The premier executive career site from the Wall Street Journal, www.careerjournal.com

Excellent archive of articles when you're contemplating your next career.
What does it take to make a change? A counselor offers some tips.
Sound advice from one who successfully made a career shift.
Making a living/ making a difference. It is possible.

Career change tips from The New York Times on the Web.

Another worthwhile site for posting resumes, www.headhunter.net.

Experience Works, the first nationwide staffing service designed for mature workers, can channel you toward excellent jobs in Information Technology.

Post your resume at Senior Job Bank, a non-profit site. Or email it to recruiters via Monster.com, one of the largest on-line resources for the job seeker.

Freelance or project work more your style? Guru.com is one of our favorites sites. Terrific information and lively writing. Offers a free email newsletter and a chance for instant celebrity with its haiku contest. You "indies" out there, also check out, www.workingsolo.com.

Coaching/Mentoring

Life experience combined with coaching technology may be what you need to launch yourself as a personal coach. Corporate coaching is one of the hottest new careers, with six figure incomes common. Or you may want to hire a coach or (for women only) hire a mentor.

Consulting

Thinking of translating your work experience, contacts and resources into a consulting career? You aren't the Lone Ranger.

Temporary Adventure Jobs

Tired of the same old same old? Short-term adventure jobs get you out of the rut. You get to test the waters, travel and sample some alternate lifestyles . . . and sometimes get paid to do it. Internships, seasonal jobs, volunteer vacations, working abroad. Check out Back Door Jobs.

Recommended Books to Inspire and Motivate You

The Back Door Guide to Short-Term Adventures (Ten Speed Press, Third Edition, September 2002), Michael Landes

Free Agent Nation: How America's New Independent Workers Are Transforming the Way We Live (Warner Books, May 2001), Daniel H. Pink

What Do You Want to Do When You Grow Up: Starting the Next Chapter of Your Life (Little Brown & Company 2001), Dorothy Cantor with Andrea Thompson

Third Age: Six Principles for Personal Growth and Regeneration After 40 (Perseus Books 2001), William A. Sadler.

Unstoppable: 45 Powerful Stories of Perseverance and Triumph from People Just Like You (Sourcebooks, Inc. 1998) Cynthia Kersey.

It's Only Too Late If You Don't Start Now: How to Create Your Second Life at Any Age (Dell 1998), Barbara Sher.

Too Young to Retire: 101 Ways to Start the Rest of Your Life (Plume 2004), Marika and Howard Stone.

Need more inspiration? Check out these career change artists in the Unretirement archives:

Ann Mariah Stewart, college professor, Park Ranger, Navy instructor

Susan Cooper, small business owner to real estate star

Tom Pontac, marathoner joins staff of local university

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Please note that the listing of resources above is for informational purposes only and in no way constitutes an endorsement by 2young2retire.com (except for our book, of course).

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