The Reality of Career Transition at 50+

Wake-up, job seekers 50+! Quit whining and take the advice of Carleen MacKay and Brad Taft, authors of Boom or Bust!:New Career Strategies in a New America (Cambridge Media, LLC; 2006):
It's a new day and a new game. After we overcome certain myths about economic recovery and those stories that set a false expectation about a return to the world of work as it was, those of us who will thrive in this forever changed, largely jobless world of the mature worker will:
Continue to develop and focus our expertise. This focused expertise will enable us to thrive in a largely de-jobbed U.S. world of work. Think of us as the Sages.
Start our own businesses now, on the perceived early edge of change and forget seeking employers as the panacea for our false source of security. Think of us as the Hardy Pioneers.
Follow the trends avidly - paying good attention to broad-based change and relating that change to our own work lives. Think of us as the Keen Observers.
Always have a Plan "B" - never resting on our laurels from the past. Plan "B" will include continued formal education and skills development over our lifetimes. The online classroom will prove to be the leap forward in providing skills/education to the older worker, and we will move quickly towards this form of formalized learning. Furthermore, we will be the generation that will change the way our colleges and universities teach and, ultimately, change the cost of advanced learning. Think of us as the Swift Learners.
Sustain our marriages or form alliances with other mature folks to share financial burdens and allow more freedom from the need to work in endless drudgery. Later stage marriages or alliances will allow us to remain independent and self-sustaining. Think of us as the Brave Hearts.
In summary, the people who will thrive are the Sages, Hardy Pioneers, Keen Observers, Swift Learners and the Brave Hearted. But, then, aren't these the same qualities you have noted in people who have triumphed throughout your lifetime? Dare we imply that we simply need to re-discover the best in ourselves? For more info, including 10 Myths & Facts about Mature Workers, go to AgelessInAmerica.com.