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Career Tips for 50+ Workers

Submitted by Karen Caruso on Tue, 01/26/2010 - 20:24

This article originally appeared in the May-June 2008 issue of the Women in Development, New York newsletter.  With so many people looking for work, it seemed like a good time to revisit the topic.

Last night, I facilitated a roundtable discussion entitled on job interviewing.  Below are the discussion notes courtesy of Meg Sheridan, Principal of Crossroads, Strategies for Nonprofits.

Grantmaking Lessons from the Buffetts

Submitted by Karen Caruso on Thu, 08/20/2009 - 12:48

The September 2009 issue of Fast Company magazine has an article about Warren Buffett and his children, to whom he pledged $1 billion apiece for donating to charitable causes at the time he pledged $30 billion to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.  Buffett puts his money in the hands of others to give away because he doubts his own abilities to do so effectively.  Giving it away is harder than it looks.

 Three years later, here’s what the Buffett kids have learned:

Give to What You Know

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