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Baby Boomer Jobless Numbers Improve
When it comes to unemployment, Baby Boomers saw a little light at the end of the tunnel in January, reports AARP. Fewer Baby Boomers were unemployed in January than in December.
Retirement Age Increases in Finland
Somewhat surprisingly, the average age of retirement in Finland rose from 59.4 in 2008 to 59.8 last year, regardless of the ongoing recession and rising unemployment.
Personal Meaning Is An Inside Job
Ready for a “ReCareer?” Maybe you first need to know what it is. Evelyn Kalinosky has written “Finding Personal Meaning Is An Inside Job.”
Too Young to Retire
With Baby Boomers living healthier and longer lives, they are no longer following traditional retirement paths and instead are seeking second and third careers, according to a study conducted by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation.
25 Best Jobs for Baby Boomers
Baby boomers, those born between 1946 and 1964, are nearing retirement age. The U.S. Census Bureau estimates that there are 78.2 million boomers, and that every hour, 330 of them turn 60.
Henderson Makes Sense of Online World
BoomerCafé co-founder and publisher David E. Henderson’s new book, “Making News in the Digital Era,” is of particular relevance to baby boomers because it helps to decipher what’s happening in today’s complex world of online social media. A communications strategist and journalist by profession, it’s David’s 4th book on the media and how any organization or person can build awareness.
Best Employers for Baby Boomers
Before the recession kicked into high gear, officials at Cornell University faced an imminent staffing problem: retiring baby boomers. “We started out the year expecting a very high level of turnover,” says Mary Opperman, the university’s vice president for human resources. Instead, they got an economic tsunami.
Boomer Retirements Mean Brain Drain
Many people underestimate the potentially catastrophic impact of “Brain Drain” when thousands of baby boomers leave the work force, writes Rick Weaver in The Examiner.com. The Pentagon is now dealing with the problem on a very serious scale.
BoomerCafé’s Greg Dobbs Hosts Coverage of Launch
BoomerCafé’s co-founder and executive editor, Greg Dobbs, emailed this message this morning about Monday night’s launch of space shuttle discovery that he will be covering live on HDNet. With his permission, we wanted to share the message here and also talk up his new book.
Baby Boomers are Today’s Entrepreneurs
If you’re thinking that the majority of entrepreneurs are young go-getters you’d be thinking wrong.
In fact, according to the Kauffman Foundation, the the highest rate of entrepreneurial activity belongs Baby Booomer go-getters, 55 to 64.
How Accomplished People Retire Successfully
Here we are, full of life, maybe even feeling full of youth, and close enough to be thinking about putting all this energy into retirement. Fast forward to the U.S. economy, 2009…which is another way of saying, Not so fast, pal. You may want to retire, but you have to work. That’s what psychologist and executive coach Bill Roiter writes about in his book Beyond Work: How Accomplished People Retire Successfully.
About the Chesapeake and Space Shuttle
To his family and legions of friends, BoomerCafé co-founder Greg Dobbs is known – among many other wonderful things – for his letters … observations on life, his work, and his travels. In his latest email letter, Greg writes of two recent stories he has covered, as a correspondent for HDNet.
May 10, 2009, from the [...]
Unemployment Longer Among Boomers
For older Baby Boomers, reports Paul Briand in the DC Examiner, the rate of unemployment is growing at a faster rate than other age groups.
That was one shoe to drop. Here’s the other:
Baby Boomers are staying unemployed longer.
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics data shows among all age groups in March an unemployed individual was out [...]
