Second-Act Careers: 50+ Ways to Profit from Your Passions During Semi-Retirement

F. Scott Fitzgerald once famously wrote that "there are no second acts in American lives." Well, the WEBS Career and Educational Counseling Service is out to prove him wrong. On Thursday, October 17, at the Scarsdale Public Library it will hold a free workshop titled "Second-Act Careers: How to Profit from Your Passions in Semi-Retirement." Nancy Collamer, MS, an author and career coach will conduct the 90-minute session that begins at 7:30 pm.

Attendees will find out about new ways to find flexible work after "retiring" from their full-time job; learn realistic methods to turn expertise and interests into part-time income; and obtain information and advice on making these transitions.

Collamer is a career consultant, speaker and author of Second-Act Careers: 50+ Ways to Profit from Your Passions During Semi-Retirement. She has written extensively about careers for a number of websites including Oxygen Media (1998-2001) AARP.com, MariaShriver.com and Job-Hunt.org and has spoken at venues ranging from Harvard Business School to the California Governors Conference on Women. Her advice has been featured in numerous media outlets including NBC Nightly News, The New York Times, CNN, Redbook, Ladies Home Journal, O Magazine and Fortune. Registration is suggested at 722-1302.