4 Great Talks to Inspire Your 2025 New Year Resolution of a 2nd Career
Embarking on a 2nd career can be one of the most fulfilling decisions of your life. It’s a chance to rediscover purpose, contribute meaningfully, and explore paths you’ve always been curious about. To inspire your journey, we’ve curated four remarkable talks that offer wisdom, motivation, and actionable ideas to help you design a thriving 2nd […]
Four Steps to Launching A Successful Mentoring Practice
Mentoring is a deeply fulfilling second career that allows experienced professionals to guide, advise, and share knowledge with less experienced persons (mentee), with an intent to help the mentee develop new skills, and progress personally & professionally. One of the first things to do is to evaluate your own ability as a mentor. A good […]
The Value of Networks For A Mentoring Career
In my last blog, I spoke about the Four Steps to Launching A Successful Mentoring Practice. The blog and the conversation in our WhatsApp community group created a fair bit of buzz and interest. In a poll, thirty-seven of you either were actively exploring, or found it “interesting” enough to want to explore the idea of mentoring. […]
Breaking Into Startups as a Senior Professional: Insights from Investors and Hiring Experts
Breaking Into Startups as a Senior Professional: Insights from Investors and Hiring Experts The startup world is often seen as a young person’s game, but that perception is shifting. As startups evolve and scale, they require experienced professionals who can bring stability, strategic thinking, and deep industry knowledge. During the “Future of Work” panel discussion moderated by @Sushma […]
The Product Called YOU
Shakespeare once wrote, “All the world’s a stage, and all men and women merely players.” If that’s true, we must put on a great show. For those over 50, competing for interesting, well-paying jobs is tough. A traditional résumé won’t cut it anymore. Instead, personal branding is key—how we present ourselves online, the networks we […]
Why a Second Career is Worth Considering: My Journey
March 8th, celebrated universally as International Women’s Day to recognize the social, economic, cultural, and political achievements of women, also serves as a call to action for gender equality and women’s rights. At 2ndcareers.com, we wish to take this forward by providing women returning to the workforce a platform to present their credentials and seek […]
AI Adoption Is Built on Trust—Not Just Technology
Why experienced professionals have a critical role in the human+AI eraIn a recent 2nd Careers fireside chat, Dr. Anand Rao—renowned AI strategist and professor at Carnegie Mellon—delivered a deceptively simple truth: “To really change how we work, we need to trust the machine. And in reverse,AI needs to know which humans to trust for which decisions.” At first […]
Leading Across Generations: A New Playbook for Experienced Professionals
The workplace of 2025 now plays host to four generations of employees — Boomers, Gen X, Millennials, and Gen Z, all bringing distinct values, communication styles, and expectations. This means that today’s manager has to have skills and competences that were not demanded of a manager even a decade or two back. Let’s dive into […]
