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I read, with interest, an article in today’s Orlando Sentinel which stated that 2010 will see half of U.S. workers making a job change.  According to the studies cited:

of 900 workers surveyed, 60 percent intend to leave their jobs in 2010
55 percent of employees plan to change jobs, careers or industries “when the economy recovers”
of 4,285 full-time, […]

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It’s not far off until 2010, the year that the Boomer wave, or tsunami as it’s been called, will occur.  Basically, 2010 is the year when one in six people will be over the age of sixty-five.  If statistics are correct, 10,000 Boomers will turn 65 every day.  And the wave will continue for years.  […]

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With a large number of boomers who will be retiring in mass exodus in a few years, it seems imperative that organizations assist with this transition out of the workforce.  However, few organizations truly have any type of retirement transitional program in place to start to prepare older workers in this transition.  It is more than just […]

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With the volume of boomers preparing for retirement, the impact of their numbers and projected needs should make leaders of health care facilities to be hasty in their preparations to handle their upcoming needs.  There will not be enough caregivers to handle the amount of boomers in their later years; there won’t be  enough long-term […]

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The boomers are coming and boy, are they coming in big numbers - 76 million to be exact.  It is predicted that 70% of them will remain in the workforce, some because they don’t want to live off a mandated wage through social security or pensions, and others because they want to remain productive and to […]

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An old client of mine, Bob, called me a few weeks ago to say that he had decided to return to the workforce.  Bob is 70 years old and had been retired for over 5 years.  He let me know that he had enough of the so-called “good life” and found he missed contributing and using his […]

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One way that an organization can preserve valuable knowledge and processes is by tapping into the wisdom of their older workers - those who have been around the longest.   These workers have seen the organization grow and have contributed to its success.  They have helped to develop and enforce policies and procedures and have refined […]

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One phenomenon that can occur when one reaches the midcareer years is the concept of obsolescence, which can be defined as the degree to which workers lack up-to-date skills and knowledge in order to maintain an effective level of performance either in their current job or for future jobs.  Obsolescence can occur for several reasons, […]

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In the coming years, the baby boom explosion will be in full force, with 10,000 boomers reaching retirement a day.  It is predicted that 70% of them will remain in the workforce, some for financial reasons but a large majority are going to remain out of two needs: the need to remain productve and the […]

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One area that orgnizations don’t usually think of  when turnover exists is in the area of knowledge mangement, or capturing information from workers about how they do their job.  This means job information that a worker keeps in their head about the way they do their job.  There may be job descriptions that spell out […]

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