Nancy Collamer

MyLifestyleCareer.com

  • Old Greenwich CT

Dynamic Speaker/ Best Selling Author/ Expert on Career Change for Boomers / Working After Retirement

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Biography

Nancy Collamer is an author, coach, speaker and recognized expert on second-act careers, semi-retirement and boomer career trends. She writes a twice-monthly career blog for the PBS web site NextAvenue.org and for Forbes.com. She is the author of Second-Act Careers: 50+ Ways to Profit Your Passions During Semi-Retirement (Ten Speed Press, 2013) and was a featured contributor in 65 Things To Do When You Retire (Sellers, 2012).



Forbes recently named her website, MyLifestyleCareer.com, as one of the "Top 100 Websites for Your Career." 



In private practice since 1996, Nancy holds a MS in career development from the College of New Rochelle and a BA in psychology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Her advice has been featured in numerous media outlets, including NBC Nightly News; the New York Times; CNN; the Wall Street Journal; Redbook; Ladies’ Home Journal; More; O, The Oprah Magazine; and Fortune. She has written columns about lifestyle-friendly careers for a number of major websites, including Forbes.com, AARP, NextAvenue.org, and Job-Hunt.org.

Nancy enjoys sharing her expertise with live audiences, both large and small, and has spoken at venues ranging from Harvard Business School to the California Governors Conference on Women. Her areas of expertise include career reinvention, second-act careers for boomers, semi-retirement, and lifestyle friendly career options.

Industry Expertise

Professional Training and Coaching
Business Services

Areas of Expertise

Career Reinvention
Second-Act Careers
Working After Retirement

Accomplishments

Author: Second-Act Careers: 50+ Ways to Profit From Your Passions During Semi-Retirement

2013-01-08

Best-selling career guide that rethinks the golden years, this handbook offers 50+ income models for creating flexible, fulfilling, and profitable work during the encore stage of one’s career.

MyLifestyleCareer Named by Forbes.com as Top 100 Websites for Your Career

2013-10-01

Nancy's website was chose by Forbes.com as one of their Top 100 Websites For Your Career

Education

College of New Rochelle

M.S.

Career Development

1996

University of North Carolina/Chapel Hill

B.A.

Psychology

Affiliations

  • University of North Carolina Alumni Association
  • Kappa Kappa Gamma
  • Blogger for NextAvenue.org and Forbes.com

Event Appearances

Second-Act Careers

Atlanta Alumni Career Services Consortium  Emory University

2013-10-10

How to Profit From Your Passions During Semi-Retirement

Westchester Career Counselors Network  Manhattanville College

2013-04-19

From Pink Slip to Paycheck

MBA Alumni Career Services Conference  Harvard Business School

2009-04-27

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Sample Talks

Finding Your Calling

All of us grapple with the question, "Who am I and why am I here?" The desire to find meaningful work - whether paid or unpaid - is an ongoing quest throughout our lives. In this lively presentation, Nancy shares inspirational second-act career success stories and offer tips and advice on how to turn your passions, skills and interests into meaningful, purposeful and profitable pursuits.

Style

Availability

  • Keynote
  • Panelist
  • Workshop Leader
  • Author Appearance
  • Corporate Training
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