Top News From Today's "Boomiverse"
Rethinking retirement: More Boomers choosing to work
Taylor Gandossy
CNN.com
January 15, 2007
Overview: Baby boomers are delaying retirement and continuing their careers. “Nearly six in 10 baby boomers who intend to work after retirement say they want a job that gives them a greater sense of purpose, according to a 2005 MetLife Foundation/Civic Ventures New Face of Work Survey.”
http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/01/09/law.overview/
Wanted: Baby boomers
M.Z. Hemingway
Federal Times
January 15, 2007
Overview: Hemingway reports, “Administration officials and public service advocacy groups say the solution to hundreds of thousands of baby boomers retiring from the federal government in coming years is more baby boomers — hiring people such as Vande Vanter who have the skills, energy and desire for rewarding second careers.”
http://federaltimes.com/index.php?S=2483622
Homes with gardens grow on Boomers
Eve Samples
Palm Beach Post
January 15, 2007
Overview: This article focuses on gardening, retirement and lifestyle trends among baby boomers and how developers should use these trends to market to boomers.
Boomers trace their own pattern; Spending, career paths and retirement outlook can take some surprising turns
Deborah Alexander
Democrat and Chronicle
January 14, 2007
Overview: Alexander reports boomer retirement and spending trends and writes, “baby boomers are living cyclical lives. They also graduated from college. Or took a few years off from school. They might marry and divorce several times, start several families, switch careers and return to school.”
http://www.democratandchronicle.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070114/BUSINESS/701140344/1001