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“Matching life experience with new careers” — article in NY Times

"HEALTH navigator? Conflict coach? Pollution mitigation outreach worker? These
emerging jobs aren’t household terms yet, but they are a natural fit for older
people looking for new career opportunities, said Phyllis Segal, vice president
at Civic Ventures, a nonprofit research group based in San Francisco."

— That's the opening paragraph in Elizabeth Pope's article in the New York Times.

You might ask, "What does it have to do with the subject of this blog—Selling Face-to-Face?" 


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“Good-paying jobs don’t come from bailouts. They come from start-ups”– Tom Friedman in NYTimes

Yeah, it surprised me, too, to read that in what I'd long viewed as the ultra-liberal, pro-big-government New York  Times.

But it wasn't really the Times speaking, rather it was Tom Friedman, one of the Times' most savvy and open-minded columnists. 

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