Top News From Today's "Boomiverse"
Employers should bet future on older workers
William J. Rothwell and Diane M. Spokus
Detroit News
September 1, 2008
Overview: “Employers are facing a future workforce different from the past. There are fewer younger workers, and older workers are becoming more sought-after. How many employers are really prepared to attract, manage, develop and retain older workers, and how many employers are prepared to re-think age-old stereotypes about older people?”
http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080901/OPINION01/809010319/1008
Boomers bound for boomtowns
Anne Marie McQueen
The National
September 1, 2008
Overview: “The country’s vast professional expatriate community may commonly be thought of as people in their 20s, 30s and 40s who move here for a new experience, a bump in their careers or just a few years of tax-free earning. But there is another demographic flocking to the Emirates: baby boomers, an influential group estimated at 450 million people worldwide, born in the years after the Second World War through to the early 1960s.”
http://www.thenational.ae/article/20080901/NATIONAL/666131743/1119
Boomer retirees seek life of luxury
Courtney Drake-McDonough
The Denver Post
August 30, 2008
Overview: “As baby boomers age, they're demanding better options for where and how they live. In response, senior-living companies are raising the bar on the level of accommodations and activities available for seniors who can afford it.”
http://www.denverpost.com/headlines/ci_10340071