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7 Career Experts Share Their 2019 Baby Boomer Predictions

January 28, 2019 by Marc Miller 8 Comments

2019 Baby Boomer Career Predictions It is January of 2019 and it is time to look to some experts for their predictions and prognostications for the coming year. You can look back at the predictions and prognostications by many of the same experts last year in the post 10 Career Experts Share Their 2018 Baby Boomer […]

Multi-Generational Workplace – Are You Ready? [Updated]

December 17, 2018 by Marc Miller 5 Comments

The Multi-Generational Workplace The multi-generational workplace is here and will not be going away! Are you ready? With the vast majority of baby boomers (those born between 1946 and 1964) will not be retiring as planned we will likely see many multi-generational workplaces with baby boomers, generation X and Y in the same office or […]

Communication Styles in the Multi-Generational Workplace [Updated]

December 5, 2018 by Marc Miller 3 Comments

Generational Communication Style What is your preferred communication style? Would you prefer to: Write someone a letter Talk to someone in person Speak to them on the phone Write an e-mail Text them on your phone Each generation has a preferred communication style that was developed a long time ago! This does not mean that […]

Mindset And Belief Systems In The 2nd Half Of Life

July 30, 2018 by Marc Miller 1 Comment

Mindset And Belief Systems We all have mindsets and belief systems that proved useful in the 1st half of life. I am squarely in the 2nd half of life and that mindset no longer works for me. Over the last couple of years, many of my mindsets and belief systems have been challenged. I am […]

The Looming Healthcare and Insurance Catastrophe for Baby Boomers

July 16, 2018 by Marc Miller 7 Comments

The Looming Healthcare and Insurance Catastrophe Healthcare and health insurance are the driving forces for my wife and me to leave the country. I have been chronicling our progress on this blog and the Repurpose Your Career podcast. You can find the entire series of blog posts and podcasts here. 2019 looks like the year […]

10 Career Experts Share Their 2018 Baby Boomer Predictions

January 22, 2018 by Marc Miller 6 Comments

2018 Baby Boomer Predictions It is January of 2018 and it is time to look to some experts for their predictions and prognostications for the coming year. You can look back at the predictions and prognostications by a many of the same experts last year in the post 10 Career Experts Share Their 2017 Baby Boomer […]

Top 5 Unspoken Objections To Hiring A Baby Boomer [Guest Post]

May 28, 2015 by guest blogger 4 Comments

Top 5 Unspoken Objections To Hiring A Baby Boomer There are certain universal unspoken objections that exist when considering whether or not to hire a Baby Boomer. You need to know what they are so that you can deal with them without them manifesting into an insurmountable problem. Self-talk, at times, can be a wonderful […]

Baby Boomer Brain Drain – Does Anyone Care? [Infographic]

May 18, 2015 by Marc Miller 6 Comments

Baby Boomer Brain Drain NextAvenue.org published America’s Coming Brain Drain: Retiring Boomers which contains an infographic from MBA@UNC. This infographic, seen below, chronicles the issues that will be caused by baby boomers leaving the work force—the Baby Boomer Brain Drain. What I find disturbing is that so few companies are preparing or seem to care […]

8 Best Baby Boomer Career Websites

January 26, 2015 by Marc Miller 16 Comments

Best Baby Boomer Career Websites Good career websites that focus on baby boomers are few and far between. Recently, Hannah Morgan, The Career Sherpa, published her list of the Best Job Search Websites 2015. Of course, Career Pivot made the list in the over 50 category. There was only one other website in that category, […]

The State of Baby Boomers in America

November 10, 2014 by Marc Miller 8 Comments

Baby Boomers in America Baby Boomers in America are in the process of dividing into multiple groups as we all approach the traditional retirement age of 65. Unfortunately, I see a very disturbing trend that I would like to discuss in this post. Baby Boomers in America and Encore Careers Recently, Encore.org announced their 2014 […]