Finding Your Encore Career Featuring Harriet Edleson
From Aging With Grace 55+ by Dale Josey
June 11, 2025 · 33 min
About this episode
The episode discusses the trend of older workers returning to the workforce post-pandemic and explores the concept of encore careers.
Four years ago, during the pandemic, older workers began exiting the workforce in large numbers. The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that more individuals aged 65 and older left the workforce in 2020 than any year since 1948, when the U.S. started tracking the data. Many of those who left during the early part of the pandemic have returned to work since then; more than half, according to a paper by T. Rowe Price Thought Leadership Director Judith Ward, a Certified Financial Planner. ...
People in this episode
Host: Dale Josey
Guest: Harriet Edleson
Topics covered
- encore career
- older workers
- workforce trends
- pandemic impact
- financial planning
Keywords
- encore career
- older workers
- workforce
- pandemic
- Bureau of Labor Statistics
- Judith Ward
- T. Rowe Price
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Bureau of Labor Statistics, T. Rowe Price
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