Top News from Today's "Boomiverse"
Retire? For Some Boomers it's Till Death Do Them Part
Roma Luciw
www.theglobeandmail.com
Overview: “Retirement may conjure up idyllic images of sailing, golf or puttering around the garden, but a survey shows that 15 per cent of baby boomer entrepreneurs plan to pass their golden years with their nose to the grindstone.”
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20071019.CABOOMERS19/TPStory/Business
Baby Boomer Exodus & Generation Next Shock Wave
Eve Abbott
www.americanchronicle.com
Overview: “Starting in 2008, hundreds of thousands of Baby Boomers (76 million born 1946-1964) will begin to retire, creating the largest exodus out of the workforce by a single generation. The U.S. Bureau of Labor reports that more than 17 percent of Boomer executives are predicted to depart their careers by next year. As Generation X & Y professionals fill the business world while the Boomers leave, the impact is a megatrend for business success or failure.”
http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/viewArticle.asp?articleID=40670
The White-Haired Work force: People are Working Longer into Their Golden Years
Christopher Oritz
www.greelytrib.com
Overview: “Most people have to work. Traditionally, they enter work after school and work until their mid-60s, retire and look forward to early-bird specials and a few rounds of golf. But times are changing.”