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Board of Directors
President
Kasey Graham
Vice President
Lin Knudson, Ed.D.
Treasurer
John T. Koch
Secretary
Sue McCord-Belzer
Vice Secretary
Randy Irey

Charles A. Eddy
Carolyn Elman
George Heymach
William Kalahurka
Greg Lear
Dr. Jim Simpson
Jackie Snyder

Executive Director
JoEllen Wurth

Director of Coming of Age: Kansas City
Sandra Aust

Resources: Work Resources

To ease the search for employment opportunities, educational programs, and volunteer positions, Coming of Age: Kansas City has compiled the following resources. If you know of additional listings that should be included, please click here.

Boomer Jobs

BoomerJobs.com is a career site focused on securing employment opportunities for the more experienced candidate that is professional, and dedicated, with a proven work ethic. Employers with positions to fill can choose between candidates with a variety of professional backgrounds and skill sets that meet the demands of their desired workforce. 
http://www.boomerjobs.com

BoomerPreneurs: How Baby Boomers Can Start Their Own Business, Make Money and Enjoy Life

BoomerPreneurs: How Baby Boomers Can Start Their Own Business, Make Money and Enjoy Life is your roadmap to a future as an entrepreneur, as it guides you through the business start-up process and the challenges of starting a business at 50 or 60+ years of age rather than 25 or 35.  It is both a book to read and a guide for Baby Boomers who are looking for life on their own terms after years in corporate America or for a way to make money and enjoy their retirement years.  

In BoomerPreneurs you follow this 4-step process to business start-up:    

Step 1  What Should Baby Boomers Consider Before Starting a Business?

Step 2  Recognize the Opportunity That's Right for You and the Marketplace   

Step 3  Refine Your Idea and Do Your Research   

Step 4  Determine Business Viability and Get Started

Along the way you’ll read the motivational stories of many other entrepreneurs who started businesses at 50 plus years of age and work your way through checklists and action steps to develop your own success plan.

M. B. Izard, an entrepreneur, author, consultant, business start-up coach and professor of entrepreneurship, specializes in working with early-stage businesses.

Visit her online! http://consultach.com/boomerpreneurs

Career Planning Workshops

Are you contemplating a career change? Do you need some added direction as you define a new career path?
http://www.jccc.edu/home/depts.php/S00011/site/workshopindex
P. 913.469.3839

  • Exploring A Mid-Life Career Change
  • Career Transitions
  • Careers After Retirement
  • Careers: Women In Transition

Coming of Age

The Coming of Age: Kansas City initiative will provide individuals 50+ inspiring opportunity to explore passions and engage in meaningful service. There are paid and unpaid opportunities listed on the website, as well an Inspiring Opportunities newsletter mailed out to those registered on our e-mail list.
http://www.comingofage.org/kansascity  

Idealist.org

Idealist is a project of Action Without Borders, a nonprofit organization founded in 1995 with offices in the United States and Argentina. Idealist is an interactive site where people and organizations can exchange resources and ideas, locate opportunities and supporters, and take steps toward building a world where all people can lead free and dignified lives.

JobsOver50.com

JobsOver50 is a free web-based employment service dedicated to the 50+ job seeker with job openings in healthcare, business, and education, to name a few topics.
http://JobsOver50.com

Nonprofit Connect

The Nonprofit Connect's JobLink offers one of the most comprehensive, industry-specific online job sites,linking organizations and nonprofit professionals in the Midwest. Job seekers can find jobs ranging from entry level to CEO, full time to contract work, nonprofit organization to government agencies.

http://www.npconnect.org/page/jobs/

Training

Nonprofit Connect offers training for everyone involved with a nonprofit organizations. 

http://www.npconnect.org/page/training_tab/

Nonprofit Connect

Nonprofit Connect links the nonprofit community to education, resources and networking so organizations can more effectively achieve their missions. Nonprofit organizations need talented, creative people with all types of skills and experiences. Nonprofit Connect offers a host of resources for those seeking a rewarding career in the nonprofit sector.
http://www.npconnect.org/

Opportunity Knocks

This resource is the national online job site focused exclusively on the nonprofit community.
P. 1-888-OKNOCKS
http://www.opportunityknocks.org/

Workforce50.com

Workforce50.com serves older workers with a full service job board and career site. All jobs are placed by employers specifically interested in staffing from the over-50 workforce. Our employment and education resources cater to mature workers searching for employment, in transition or approaching retirement.
http://www.workforce50.com/