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=We're Not Old, We're Golden!=
 * ====You didn't just hear it from me. REAL people - the EXPERTS - say it, too! //Aging Today//: **"Boomers Redefine the Workforce"** article by Paul Kleyman notes that "Although older workers can be found in every occupation, fully one-third are in professional jobs where experience and institutional knowledge are valuable attributes...One key roadblock to continued employment is that the current structure of employment compensation makes retaining older workers more expensive for employers...Age discrimination will become an increasingly important barrier as the population ages." []====


 * ====Boomers already in the workplace should be retained to serve as mentors to the incoming generations, according to by Judith Lindenberger, MBA, and Marian Stoltz-Loike, Ph.D., in an article entitled "//**Mentoring and Baby Boomers"**// which is found at //[].// "Most businesses could use their more experienced Baby Boomers, who have deep knowledge, impressive networks, and broad-based business experience, to buffer younger employees against frustration, focus on their career paths, and find places to acquire the skills-based knowledge necessary to succeed."====
 * ====An article entitled "**//The Greying of the Great Powers"//**, posted on Boomer Workers at [|www.boomerworkers.com], discusses the value of older workers and offers up great sources. Check out the **Towers Perrin study** [] that delineates the fact that older workers do not cost more. Their higher health costs, for instance, are offset by less job switching and less absenteeism. "Replacing an experienced worker of any age can cost 50% or more of the individual's annual salary in turnover-related costs, with increased costs for jobs requiring specialized skills, advanced training or extensive experience—qualifications often possessed by 50+ workers," the study notes.====


 * ====Alicia Munnell, director of The Boston Center College for Retirement Research, and Steven Sass have a just-published book, "**//Working Longer",//** published by the Brookings Institution Press The older workers could be even more valuable if, as Munnell and Sass point out, “Most older workers have sufficient mental agility to learn and adapt if given the necessary training, but few get trained and many fail to learn and adapt on their own.” (This book should be on the bookshelf of anyone involved in the issues of working later in life and/or retirement, according to Boomer Workers.) The 52 pages of notes and references at the end of the book alone represent a great resource for understanding the dynamics of those issues.This is a major contribution. Read it!====
 * jobs4point0.com - a job search site for older workers
 * **RetirementJobs.com - a career web site for those over 50**