Media Coverage

By New Directions staff members

Landing Your Next Job: It's Not About the Economy, It's About You
by Carol Malysz, Women's Business Boston, July/August 2009

Achieve a Richer Life
by Patricia Smith, Women's Business Boston, November 2008

Learning to Exhale: Bringing All of Yourself to Work
by Patricia Smith and Mark Shepard, Executive Quarterly, November 2008,

The Perils of Retirement and How to Avoid Them
by David Corbett, Connecticut Lawyer, March 2008

Accepted and Outmoded Notions of Retirement
by David Corbett, Boston Business Journal, June 10, 2005

Reevaluating for a Long Life
by David Corbett, Boston Globe Public Forum, 2000
 

About New Directions

Should I Stay or Should I Go?
ABA Journal, April 2010

Online Friends Can Be Lifelines for the Unemployed
Christian Science Monitor, March 24, 2010

Buddy, Can You Spare a Job?
MetLife Mature Market Institute and David DeLong & Associates, October 2009, page 27

Be Your Own Boss
Kiplinger's Personal Finance, September 2009

Resume Writing for C.E.O.'s
The New York Times, April 12, 2009

Your Job Search Strategy - How to Tilt the Odds in Your Favor
Harvard Business School Alumni Association, March 24, 2009

Center for Women & Enterprise Founder to Join Boston Firm
Providence Business News, December 9, 2008

NPR "On Point" Host Tom Ashbrook interviews Patricia Smith
November 20, 2008

Retiring? What's Next? Tips to help you find work, volunteer positions.
Consumer Reports Money Advisor, November 2008.

Retire to Your Dream Job
Kiplinger's, April 2008 Special Report

Different Path to a New Career
Boston Globe, March 25, 2008

Helping Chart a Career's Turning Point
A Year Made a Difference,
Her Skills Aid a School,
Rescuer for Nonprofits
New York Times, April 10, 2007

Avoiding the Volunteer Trap
The Wall Street Journal, April 24, 2006

More Older Workers Redefining Retirement
The Boston Globe, January 1, 2006

Welcome to the Third Age: A Season of Renewal
The Boston Globe, August 25, 2005

Unemployed Execs Find Coaching Others Helps Their Own Hunt
Wall Street Journal, August 2, 2005

These Career Coaches Are Learning, Too
New York Times, April 11, 2004

To Veer in Midcareer, Away From the Money
New York Times Executive Life, May 18, 2003

Second Acts: Transformation Is Possible
Creative Living, Spring 2003

Is there life after the top job?
Financial Times, April 16, 2003

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