Understanding Why Some Pass on 'Encore Careers'

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"Unexpectedly large numbers of boomers are looking for purpose-driven jobs that provide them with both means and meaning," said Marc Freedman, president and CEO of Civic Ventures, on the 2008 release of the organization's Encore Career Survey of 3,500 people in the United States between ages 40 and 70.

Freedman, author of Encore: Finding Work That Matters in the Second Half of Life (Public Affairs, 2007), continued, "As this research shows, they are applying their skills and passions to the very public interest fields that need them most."

The survey, conducted by Peter D. Hart Research Associates and sponsored by MetLife Foundation, finds that a majority of those …