NEW YORK - Many Americans nearing retirement age are finally figuring out what they want to be when they grow up. The number of people looking to start a second career has spiked in recent years, career experts say, particularly among the baby-boomer generation.
Several factors driving baby boomers to launch second careers: longer life spans and low savings rates, compressed first careers, and a longing for career fulfillment.
Kathryn Vasel
FOXBusiness
Pursuing a second career requires a lot of work. Here are some tips on how to get the ball rolling.
Focus Your Energy
Face Your Fear
Look Before You Leap
Examine Your Finances
Network! Network! Network!
Okay, so who doesn't fantasize about a second career? Especially if you've worked in the same field for 20 or 25 years, been there and done that, accomplished most of what you set out to do, and run out of fresh challenges.
Maybe you feel you have talents that are going to waste. Or there's something you've always wanted to do that's calling louder and louder. Or like millions of others, you're simply worn down by the corporate routine. There must be something out there that's more rewarding, right?
Your Second Chapter as an Expert Witness
The best field for starting an Expert Consulting career might be the one you just left the one you know best; the one where you're known the best; the one where your professional doctrines are valued; and.the one from which you can most profit!
J.A. Williams Associates, LLC will be conducting another two-day seminar for EXPERT WITNESS and CONSULTANT practitioners in 2008. The seminar will be held at the prestigious Pine Hill Golf Club Conference Center, Pine Hill, NJ. If you have experience and educational doctrines to support your specific field of expertise, you owe it to yourself to explore the exciting and rewarding field of EXPERT WITNESS and CONSULTANT.
Qualified expert witnesses are in constant demand for plaintiff and defense attorneys both civil and criminal matters of case litigation. Once qualified, experts are paid an hourly fee starting at $200.00 and in many cases, in excess of $600.00 hourly, depending on their particular field of expertise. Daily per diem rates start at $2200 and in many cases exceeds $3400 daily. Educational expenses to improve business or professional skills are tax deductible. Please consult your tax advisor for details.
Nationally recognized Judges, Trial Attorneys, Experts and Consultants will introduce how you can become certified in your area of expertise and succeed as an Expert Witness. The National Expert Witness and Consultant Conference is held annually at Cape Cod, MA. This seminar will mark the second time held in the New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware area.
If you are interested in this dynamic, lucrative and exciting opportunity and want to explore the particulars of this seminar, visit our web page at www.jawilliamsassociates.com. Registration fee includes all classroom note-taking materials, coffee, soft drinks, snacks during breaks and two lunches at Pine Hill Golf Club. Tee times can be arranged for those who want to play at this highly rated, Top 30, golf club.
