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Young Boss, Older Worker
In today’s multi-generational workplace, it’s not unusual for an older worker to have a younger boss. In order for that relationship to survive, both partners have to capitalize on each other’s experiences and strengths.

MYTHS ABOUT MARKETING TO OLDER PEOPLE
As older people, defined here as people over 50, become a larger and larger market with more and more disposable income, they become increasingly important to you. So it's crucial that you operate by the realities and not by the myths. The myth clarification starts here:

Benefits of Hiring Older Workers
By 2016, it is expected that 1 out of 3 workers will be 50 years of age or older. A labor shortage, as much as 30% by 2030, is expected as boomers continue to mature. Employers who learn how to attract and keep older workers will be able to fill the expected shortfall.

From Radicals to Retirees
This article, published in the June edition of Winning Workplaces, will help you discover proactive ways to address the impact of the loss of boomer employees and ways to meet the needs of workers over 50.

Secrets of Top New Business Developers
What exactly do the top rainmakers do that makes them so successful? Learn what separates the top business developers from the rest.
Older Employees in Big Demand!!
Employers are facing a critical workforce shortage in the not too distant future. There are fewer younger workers entering the US workforce than there are older workers leaving: in fact the ratio is close to 1:3. And this labor shortage is predicted for all industries, from construction and manufacturing, to technology and health care. At the same time, the definition of retirement is changing; more baby boomers are redefining traditional retirement planning by working longer. Sound like a formula for a great and continuing partnership between you and your (or another...) company?

Surviving the Economic Boom: How to Keep Your Employees
Every day in the news we hear about the economic boom that Western Canada is facing. With this growth comes an interesting human resources side effect: strong competition for employees with not enough people to fill the vacancies that have been created. All employers have been affected, from large corporations to small business owners. In this article, we provide you with some strategies to address an often overlooked, yet critical human resources challenge: keeping the valuable employees that you’ve already got.
Questions Concerning Severance & Separation Agreements
General analysis concerning severance and separation agreements from a business owner's perspective.
Severance and Separation Agreements
One topic I get a lot of questions about is severance and separation agreements. Although there's a distinct difference between the two, and some overlap, with some guidance the costs and benefits of both types of agreements can be understood and used to a business' advantage.
Be Your Own Boss - Career Planning for Baby Boomers
Many of the baby boomers, whether from a desire to be active longer, or necessity, are planning to work beyond the usual retirement age of 65. After 20 years or more in big companies, in corporate jobs, and careers, many veteran retirees are pondering, or taking early retirement from their companies and old jobs, and branching out. A large, and growing, number of baby boomers are happily abandoning traditional post retirement employment in favor of being self-employed.

THE JOB MARKET
In recent years, the level of educational attainment of the labor force has risen dramatically. Projected rates of employment growth are faster for occupations requiting higher levels of education or training than for those requiting less.
Strategic Thinking To Develop A Successful Employee Retention Strategy According To Your Strategic Thinking Business Coach
Look around you in today’s business world. It is no secret that it is becoming more difficult to recruit and retain skilled employees. In fact, one could say that select businesses and industries are desperate or becoming desperate to find people with the needed skills and attitudes. Okay – what about your business? Have you anticipated and responded to the challenge of employee retention? Or are you like too many businesses that do not focus on employee retention until turnover increases. The successful businesses today have a formalized employee retention program as part of their business strategy. They take a proactive approach to prevent unnecessary employee turnover. Your strategic thinking business coach suggests that you use some strategic thinking to develop a successful employee retention strategy.

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Marriage
As the 10th of 12 children, my older brothers and sisters obviously got here many years before I did. Two of my older brothers and two of my older sisters had failed marriages. Since I was at the bottom of the production chain, my younger brother and I had the benefit of what my mother had observed and taught us. She pointed out that we should never date a girl more than once or twice if we discovered we would be unwilling to have her as the mother of our children and be unwilling to take her wherever we were and introduce her with pride to anyone. I listened intently to what my mother had to say. I chose carefully.
Older Employees in Big Demand!!
Employers are facing a critical workforce shortage in the not too distant future. There are fewer younger workers entering the US workforce than there are older workers leaving: in fact the ratio is close to 1:3. And this labor shortage is predicted for all industries, from construction and manufacturing, to technology and health care. At the same time, the definition of retirement is changing; more baby boomers are redefining traditional retirement planning by working longer. Sound like a formula for a great and continuing partnership between you and your (or another...) company?

Michigan Workers’ Compensation Costs Have Risen Drastically Due To Explosive Growth In Health Care Costs
The number of claims filed are not primarily responsible for rising workers’ comp costs because many workers remain uninformed about their rights to benefits for workplace injury or occupational diseases. The fact is that almost all employers know far more about workers’ comp law than does the average employee. Although many employers are honest and well-intended, there are far, far too many unethical employers who will cheat their workers out of entitled benefits.

Workplace Bullying: 7 Ways to Ward Off the Bully
If you thought bullying just took place in the playground, you'd be wrong. It seems young bullies grow up to be older bullies, if left unchecked, and they can do much more damage at that older age than when they were honing their skills in school. Here are 7 tips to help you ward off the damage these older bullies will cause your business.
Benefits of Hiring Older Workers
By 2016, it is expected that 1 out of 3 workers will be 50 years of age or older. A labor shortage, as much as 30% by 2030, is expected as boomers continue to mature. Employers who learn how to attract and keep older workers will be able to fill the expected shortfall.

How to be An Effective Leader in a Virtual Team
One of the major problems companies are facing is how to manage their workers. Most of them have this wrong belief that remote workers and workers at home are not as productive as an in house staffer.

Employers: Choose the best person for the job, regardless of their age.
Bill Wynn, Managing Director of Project Resource, discusses why employers should choose the best person for the job, regardless of their age. As the population gets older, wants to work loger, or work more flexible, employers need to realise this and take advantage of the experience these older workers can bring.
Wired for work and wired for wisdom: Why you need both kinds of brains in your business
For the first time there are four generations in the workplace-and two of them are often maligned: the Boomers and Millennials, some of the oldest and the youngest in the workforce. While organizations and industries push out older "slower" workers and hesitate to hire "entitled, self-centered" twenty-somethings, we are wasting some of the best brains in business.
Food Trucks, Food Carts and Concession Stands - Popular Solutions to Unemployment for Aging Baby Boomers
As retirement looms many aging baby boomers worry about their future. Further, many older workers are now being forced into early retirement when they are unable to replace their job lost to downsizing, out-sourcing, or the current recession. Luckily, many older workers and retirees have found a solution. They’ve joined the growing number of “nouveau-entrepreneurs” who are becoming food concessionaires- selling food from food carts, food trucks, food trailers or concession booths at fairs, festivals, and special events.
The Advantages of Hiring Older Employees
Managers usually shun away from the idea of hiring aging workers due to health and productivity issues. But here are some real advantages that may be brought to your company by older workers.

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