Getting In Control with Kerry Hannon

Modern Gen X Woman

Throughout our own careers, we’ve seen tremendous changes in the business landscape. From cubicles to open floorplan office factories, a cocktail at lunch to lunch at our desks, overtime to overworking. While the evolution is apparent, nothing could have prepared us for the new way to work post pandemic.

Our guest today, Kerry Hannon, has been reporting on business and finance for years and has seen many of these shifts up close and personal. Listening to our discussion today will brighten your day. Kerry is an incredible optimist and believes and inspires women to purposefully crafting our own future. Kerry shares so many incredible stories with us. Hear how she does ‘it all’ as an author, contributor, speaker and columnist, how an interview with a Navajo rug weaver opened her eyes to the importance of loving what she does, and the importance of financial security.

Kerry Hannon is a workplace futurist and leading expert and strategist on career management and work transitions, entrepreneurship, personal finance and retirement. She's the author of more than a dozen best-selling and award-winning books, including “In Control at 50+: How to Succeed in The New World of Work,” “Never Too Old to Get Rich,” “Great Jobs for Everyone 50+,” She is currently a senior columnist and on-air expert at Yahoo Finance.

She has covered all aspects of careers, business and personal finance as a columnist, editor, and writer for the nation’s leading media companies, including The New York Times, Forbes, MarketWatch, Money, PBS, U.S. News & World Report, USA Today and The Wall Street Journal. Kerry has appeared as a career and financial expert on The Dr. Phil Show ABC, CBS, CNBC, NBC Nightly News, NPR, and PBS.

In this episode we’re talking about…

• How Yahoo Finance hired Kerri at 61 because she could do the job and how Kerri didn't let her age hold her back from KNOWING she could do it
• Retraining, reskilling and using community colleges and intergenerational career centers as resources and support when you are in the job market
• Having conversations around unconscious bias of the hiring managers
• Why you must say no to the invisible work and focus on doing work where your contribution with be recognized and rewarded
• Kerry identifies two reasons entrepreneurs aren't successful, the inability to talk about what they do and the inability to sell their capabilities and ask for money
• Why education is the best investment in yourself
• Opening up your mind about the possibilities of what can be and not letting any unsupportive narratives get in the way
• Getting a handle on your finances by facing it and taking a hard look at what goes out and what goes in
• Tips to stay top of mind when you are remote

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