Kerry Hannon

Senior columnist Yahoo Finance and best-selling author

Kerry Hannon is a leading authority and strategist on retirement, jobs, career transitions, entrepreneurship, leadership, and personal finance. She is a frequent TV, radio, and podcast commentator and is a sought-after keynote speaker at major conferences.
Kerry’s books and appearances focus on how the shifting demographics are transforming the way we work and create wealth, purpose, and happiness. Millions of viewers, readers, and listeners have been motivated by Kerry’s can-do, down-to-earth message.
She is the award-winning author of 14 books, including Great Jobs for Everyone 50+: Finding Work That Keeps You Happy and Healthy . . . And Pays the Bills (John Wiley & Sons), Great Pajama Jobs: Your Complete Guide to Working From Home (John Wiley & Sons), and Never Too Old to Get Rich: The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Starting a Business Mid-Life (John Wiley & Sons)
Other books include: Money Confidence: Really Smart Financial Moves for Newly Single Women (Post Hill Press), Love Your Job: The New Rules for Career Happiness (John Wiley & Sons), Getting the Job You Want after 50( John Wiley & Sons), What’s Next?: Finding Your Passion and Your Dream Job in Your Forties, Fifties and Beyond (John Wiley & Sons), and the updated What’s Next?: Follow Your Passion and Find Your Dream Job (Chronicle Books).
She has covered all aspects of careers, business, and personal finance as an expert columnist, editor, and writer for the nation’s leading media companies, including The New York Times, Forbes, Money, U.S. News & World Report, and USA Today. Kerry’s work has also appeared in BusinessWeek, Kiplinger’s Personal Finance, and The Wall Street Journal, among other national publications. Her advice as a work and jobs expert has been a regular feature in AARP publications, and she is currently the featured expert in an AARP webinar series.
Kerry is also currently a senior columnist and on-air expert at Yahoo Finance. Kerry has appeared as a career and financial expert on TV on The Dr. Phil Show, ABC News, CBS News, CNBC, NBC Nightly News, NPR, Yahoo Finance and PBS.
In addition to offering practical advice for mid-life workers seeking jobs, financial, and personal rewards and riding the age wave of longevity with grace, a key passion for Kerry is helping and advising people on how to take charge of their own financial planning, at all stages of their lives, to prepare themselves for a financially secure future.
Kerry was a National Press Foundation Fellow, a Fellow of the Columbia Journalism School, a Fellow and currently a featured moderator in the Robert N. Butler Columbia Aging Center’s Age Boom Academy, as well as a MetLife Foundation and New America Media Fellow on Aging.
She has testified before Congress about the importance of older workers in the workforce and retirement readiness. Kerry was awarded the 2023 Retirement Pioneer Award issued by the Retirement Coaches Association for her efforts to expand and enhance the lives of retired people seeking encore careers, tools, and resources.
Follow Kerry on X @KerryHannon, visit her website at KerryHannon.com, and check out her LinkedIn profile at www.linkedin.com/in/kerryhannon. For Instagram users: https://www.instagram.com/kerryhannon/. Read her columns on yahoo.com/author/kerry-hannon/.