Have you ever attended a show where the encore was as good as, if not better than, the performance?
An encore career can be like that, capping years of hard work and achievement with a new and energized mission. Except this time around, the work can be in an entirely different area—perhaps one you always wanted to pursue but couldn’t afford at the time, or maybe one that allows you to explore a new interest.
Many Stanford GSB alumni reach a point where they are ready for an encore. Here are some resources to support your next endeavor.
Encore Career-Matching Programs
The Broad Residency
A leadership development program that places qualified participants in high-level managerial positions in school districts, charter school management organizations, and federal/state departments of education.
Education Pioneers Sector Switchers
A year-round program to recruit, transition, and place successful mid-career private sector and military professionals in full-time leadership positions at education organizations.
Experience Matters
An Arizona-based organization that connects experienced professionals with the nonprofit sector in the Phoenix area.
ReServe
A community-serving organization that offers job-matching for professionals 55 and over at nonprofits and public agencies on the East Coast and southeast Wisconsin.
Social Venture Partners Encore Fellows
A program that matches seasoned private-sector professionals with a high-impact project for a nonprofit or public agency. Engagements last 6-12 months.
Encore Community and Resources
Coming of Age
Features online community and resources for people 50 and over.
Encore.org
Contains a comprehensive collection of resources, including guides to careers in health, education, and the green economy.
Next Avenue
Aggregates articles about career change for the encore career population.
Rest of Your Life Institute
Features seminars, couples coaching, and reading list for encore life planning.
The Transition Network
Offers resources and job opportunities to professional women over 50.
Encore Career Books
Encore: Finding Work that Matters in the Second Half of Life
By Marc Freedman
The Encore Career Handbook
By Marci Alboher
Second-Act Careers
By Nancy Collamer
Life Reimagined
By Richard Leider and Alan Webber