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Half-centurions, take heart: Opportunities still await

While some get anxious about job hunting after 50, experts tout the age as prime time for leadership, and offer tips for the search Luke Morris Let's say you're above the age of 50, and you're looking for a new association executive job. Your age might be no big deal to the associations where you are applying. But is it a big deal in your own head? "Individual candidates tend to make a much bigger deal of that than the hiring organization," says Wayne Luke, a veteran recruiter who recently became head of Witt/Kieffer's new nonprofit search practice, based in Atlanta. Luke says it seems to be "embedded in our DNA" to be more cognizant of age in our professional… Read More