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Survey says boomer retirements key workplace issue
The expected mass retirement of Baby Boomers is the No. 1 issue that will shape the future of the country’s work force, according to a new poll for a staffing company.
Forty-seven percent of the senior executives surveyed for Robert Half International cited the Boomer retirements as the No. 1 issue.
The impending retirements of the country’s biggest generation is also an issue on Long Island.
“It is a concern because we don’t have the people to replace the Baby Boomers who are retiring,” said Pearl Kamer, chief economist for the Long Island Association. “We know we have an ongoing labor force shortage, and when the Baby Boomers start to retire, it’s going to exacerbate the situation.”
She said that companies can buy time by retaining older workers with such perks as job sharing, telecommuting, and part-time positions. “But I think that is a temporary fix,” she said.
Longer term she said companies need to encourage young people to stay here or come here. But that’s easier said than done.
“Of course that is associated with an affordable lifestyle on Long Island and affordable housing,” she said.
Long Island has scored poorly on those fronts.
Survey says boomer retirements key workplace issue
The expected mass retirement of Baby Boomers is the No. 1 issue that will shape the future of the country’s work force, according to a new poll for a staffing company.
Forty-seven percent of the senior executives surveyed for Robert Half International cited the Boomer retirements as the No. 1 issue.
The impending retirements of the country’s biggest generation is also an issue on Long Island.
“It is a concern because we don’t have the people to replace the Baby Boomers who are retiring,” said Pearl Kamer, chief economist for the Long Island Association. “We know we have an ongoing labor force shortage, and when the Baby Boomers start to retire, it’s going to exacerbate the situation.”
She said that companies can buy time by retaining older workers with such perks as job sharing, telecommuting, and part-time positions. “But I think that is a temporary fix,” she said.
Longer term she said companies need to encourage young people to stay here or come here. But that’s easier said than done.
“Of course that is associated with an affordable lifestyle on Long Island and affordable housing,” she said.
Long Island has scored poorly on those fronts.
Monday, January 7, 2008
Baby boomers are smarter than you think -
Baby boomers are smarter than you think -
Baby boomers are smarter than you think
Monday, 7 January 2008
Researchers have confirmed what many mature people already know – intelligence actually gets sharper with age.
A study of 4300 US ex-servicemen who were given a battery of intelligence tests when they joined the military at the age of 20 were re-tested again two decades later. The research carried out by the University of Aarhus, Denmark contradicted the most widely held assumption that the human brain is at its most powerful from ages 18 to 26. Instead it found intelligence remains stable and in some areas improves with age, reports The Sunday Times.
One reason for the improvement in verbal skills is practice. Older people have had to solve more social and practical problems than younger people, so they develop complex language skills. This overrides the steady loss of brain cells that technology confirms begins in the late 20s.
The findings not only suggest that many assumptions made by employers and policy makers need to be rethought; but also raises questions about the assumption that reaching adulthood heralded a decline in intelligence. Part of the explanation is that researchers, often young, carried out the same tests to all ages without taking into account educational or cultural differences.
Baby boomers are smarter than you think
Monday, 7 January 2008
Researchers have confirmed what many mature people already know – intelligence actually gets sharper with age.
A study of 4300 US ex-servicemen who were given a battery of intelligence tests when they joined the military at the age of 20 were re-tested again two decades later. The research carried out by the University of Aarhus, Denmark contradicted the most widely held assumption that the human brain is at its most powerful from ages 18 to 26. Instead it found intelligence remains stable and in some areas improves with age, reports The Sunday Times.
One reason for the improvement in verbal skills is practice. Older people have had to solve more social and practical problems than younger people, so they develop complex language skills. This overrides the steady loss of brain cells that technology confirms begins in the late 20s.
The findings not only suggest that many assumptions made by employers and policy makers need to be rethought; but also raises questions about the assumption that reaching adulthood heralded a decline in intelligence. Part of the explanation is that researchers, often young, carried out the same tests to all ages without taking into account educational or cultural differences.
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