Getting a job when you are in your 50’s, and what you need to do about it when you are in your 30’s

July 1, 2020

This story reoccurs about every other month. Someone whom I worked with 20, 25, 30 or 35 years ago but I haven’t talked to for ten plus years reaches out to me. Typically, they are now in their mid to late fifties and occasionally in their sixties; have had a very successful career; made big ...

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“You 2.0”

April 26, 2018

I was catching up with a friend this morning. He is currently a senior executive at a $100+MM SaaS company, who like most of his peers, is heads-down, working long hours, grinding to a successful outcome for his company. Compared to me, he is still young, with a couple of kids in late high school, ...

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The Problem with Youth Unemployment: a Call to Action

September 21, 2017

I regularly listen to CBC Radio and often hear stories documenting the challenges that educated and talented young people are facing finding employment in their field. These stories often stereotype young people with one or two degrees who can only find employment as a barista or waiter/waitress in a restaurant. Unfortunately, I do not think ...

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