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29th September 2009
Though some employers would prefer a younger workforce, the older applicants still have a wide variety of career choices to choose from.
Employers are starting to see the potential of older and much-experienced applicants as can be seen by the statis... Read >
Author: Lester Best24th September 2009
Of all the things our teachers teach our children, they do not often touch on the idea of Labor Day history for kids. How much do our children know about this important holiday? If anything, they only know that it is a holiday for workers, but that is the... Read >
Author: wbdoyle22nd September 2009
Top Qualities of Older Boomers or Bust
There’s Gold In Them Gray Hairs
Call on the gold mine of gray-haired workers who either want to continue working, or retirees who want to return to work. Sara Rix, a senior policy adviser for AARP, the nation... Read >
Author: Anjani2221st September 2009
There’s Gold In Them Gray Hairs
Call on the gold mine of gray-haired workers who either want to continue working, or retirees who want to return to work. Sara Rix, a senior policy adviser for AARP, the nation's largest advocacy group for seniors, said ... Read >
Author: ashish17th September 2009
Our countrys economic decline is having a much more sizeable impact on young workers than on those from the Baby Boomer or Traditionalist generations, according to a study by MetLife Mature Market Institute study, administered in affiliation with Boston C... Read >
Author: Wendy Mack03rd August 2009
The economy of the United States is largely supported by the revenue raised through the operations of small businesses. Statistics have it that about 10 years ago, small ventures constituted 99% of all employers and accounted for 51% of the national incom... Read >
Author: Peter Gitundu16th July 2009
Are you attracting the best employees to your workforce? Do you have a well developed plan to seek out and attract the highest caliber of prospective employees, and if so, are you overlooking a very large and growing source of quality recruits?
The ... Read >
Author: James Cavalluzzi05th June 2009
Copyright (c) 2009 Mary Lloyd
As a culture, we are doing an amazingly stupid thing. So with a nod of appreciation to David Letterman here are the Top 10 Reasons to Stop Thinking "Old" is a Problem. His "top ten" lists go from the last to the first so... Read >
Author: Mary Lloyd at Mining Silver12th May 2009
Copyright (c) 2009 Mary Lloyd
We've all heard stories about valuable paintings that sat in a garage or attic covered by another painting of lesser quality for decades. The delight of finding something you already have to be of far greater value than y... Read >
Author: Mary Lloyd at Mining Silver31st March 2009
When economic conditions get bad workers have no job security. They are lucky just to have a job, much less a good job.
The employment office in our local area routinely tells older workers they have nothing they can even interview for and that they wi... Read >
Author: Ron Stone17th March 2009
Copyright (c) 2009 Mary Lloyd
Back in the 1970's, I went to work for a company that grasped the advantage of tapping the female talent in the population. They were aggressively recruiting qualified women into management and professional roles when com... Read >
Author: Mary Lloyd at Mining Silver11th March 2009
Copyright (c) 2009 Success Performance Solutions
We live in interesting times, indeed. Four generations are co-mingling in the workplace, each bringing with them different managerial approaches and working styles. Capitalizing on each generation's stre... Read >
10th March 2009
With fierce competition for jobs, particularly in the high-pressure sales sector, older candidates can be at a disadvantage. Yet those who’ve been in the workplace for over 25 years have a lot to offer beyond the benefits of their experience.
A recen... Read >
Author: trumpington08th January 2009
You will also be able to find out if there might be someone who would not like beehives so close to their proximity. You will also want to check with the county you live in. You will want to know about any ordinances or laws prohibiting beekeeping.
Yo... Read >
Author: Jack Stanley16th December 2008
Companies are beginning to make adjustments for older workers. This is strictly a supply and demand issue. In the United States, for example, we have approximately 78 million baby boomers, who are now in their early 40s to 62 years old; but, there are d... Read >
Author: James O. Armstrong15th October 2008
Many of the over 50 segment of our population feel that retirement for them is not an option and fully expect to work till they drop. With someone turning 50 every 7 seconds in this country it's not hard to see a growing problem.
This is a growing mark... Read >
Author: renegaderunway03rd September 2008
A vital part of the U. S. economy, creating 80% of its jobs and accounting for nearly 40% of its private sales are the small medium business. They consists of farmers, start up companies in high technology or micro-business entrepreneurs.
There are a... Read >
Author: klyendrsn03rd September 2008
A vital part of the U. S. economy, creating 80% of its jobs and accounting for nearly 40% of its private sales are the small medium business. They consists of farmers, start up companies in high technology or micro-business entrepreneurs.
There are a... Read >
Author: klyendrsn21st July 2008
Employers face major challenges when they consider the increasing difficulty of finding skilled people, a younger workforce with different attitudes about work, and a growing population of older workers heading toward retirement. A recent study shows 85% ... Read >
Author: Greg Smith16th April 2008
The current realities of the world remain a significant requirement for any company or organization that deals with labour – related strategies. In recognition of this the International Labor Organization (ILO) has set operational objective to ensure th... Read >
Author: Robert II Smith14th April 2008
"Approximately 30 companies have partnered with the American Association of Retired Persons (AARP) to actively recruit older workers to fill gaps in their employee ranks. These companies realize that not only do older workers bring years of experience; th... Read >
Author: Mistina Thomson06th April 2008
Workplace disabilities are on the rise. It's making employers and consumers take a look at handling both stress and health problems. Many of these problems are caused by high stress, lack of exercise, plus a workforce that is getting older. This drives ... Read >
Author: Ruth Klein23rd February 2008
Retired baby boomers are returning to the workplace in increasing numbers. If you're part of this generation and are looking to get back into the swing of things, consider these five tips when trying to land that new job.
"If you were born between 1946... Read >
Author: Mistina Thomson14th August 2007
Copyright (c) 2007 SharpBrains
Will baby boomers retire at 60? Will there be a massive employee shortage in a few years? What can companies and government agencies do? This is a very important topic, given demographic trends worldwide. Let me provide a... Read >
Author: Alvaro26th June 2007
The saddest part about retirement in our culture today is how utterly unprepared most people are for the day when work is now longer the major activity in their life. Studies show that most Americans don't save, have no pension and have given little thoug... Read >
Author: James Kronefield16th June 2007
Lose your manufacturing job? Find out if Uncle Sam can help you with wage insurance.
Am I eligible?
You’re eligible to apply if:
- You’re age 50 or older
- You lost your manufacturing job
- You were laid off as a direct result of international... Read >
Author: Kendickens06th March 2007
The Outlook
Over the next 7 years, baby boomer will begin retiring in large numbers. Millions of highly skilled, experienced workers will be lost. The number of workers leaving the workforce will greatly exceed the number of younger replacement workers... Read >
Author: Kennette Reed15th January 2007
Get ready world, here comes the next huge wave of business start-ups that is fully expected to exceed the impact of the dot.com phenomenon! Twenty-somethings move over. Baby Boomers here we come!
A significant and sizable portion of our population, bor... Read >
Author: Sylvia Talo14th November 2006
Knowing the average age at retirement for a given population provides important information for administering and analyzing public and private pension programs. The average age at exit from the labor force provides a reasonable indication of the age at wh... Read >
Author: sandeep kumar27th September 2006
The Employment Equality (Age) Regulations 2006 - SI No 2006/1031 - came into force on 1 October 2006 to protect employees from being dismissed unfairly by reason of their age. The Age Regulations make it unlawful to discriminate against employees, job see... Read >
Author: Ian Mann27th September 2006
Copyright 2006 Ian Mann
The Employment Equality (Age) Regulations 2006 - SI No 2006/1031 - came into force on 1 October 2006 to protect employees from being dismissed unfairly by reason of their age. The Age Regulations make it unlawful to discriminate... Read >
26th September 2006
Recent studies reveal that more employers are trying to recruit older people to overcome a shortage of skilled workers.
The firms are introducing age diverse practices even ahead of the new regulations in October and the reason is that this enables emp... Read >
Author: Alison White13th July 2006
Of all the things our teachers teach our children, they do not often touch on the idea of Labor Day history for kids. How much do our children know about this important holiday? If anything, they only know that it is a holiday for workers, but that is the... Read >
Author: NS Kennedy06th October 2005
I would like to start my article with a few economic facts which could lay a background for the message I want to get across.
The political agenda of making Europe the most competitive global economy by 2010 has not been matched by developments over ... Read >
Author: Colin Mc Cullough
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