Baby Boomers, Beware! Don’t Let Your Resume Date You! by Deborah Walker
If you’re a job seeker of the Baby Boom generation, you may be feeling a little left out by the job market. You’re certainly not ready to retire, but the young recruiters you send resumes to don’t seem to respond to your skills and experience. If you’re feeling symptoms of age discrimination, you should know that your resume could be the culprit, categorizing you as out of date and over the hill.
There are three ways your resume can put you in the over the hill category. Your resume is due for an update if it contains:
1. Outdated technology skills
2. Outdated industry or occupational terminology
3. Outdated resume trends
Don’t despair if your resume is out of date. You can perform an extreme resume makeover by using the tips below. Read more
Baby Boomers Coping with Midlife
Every year ushers in another birthday and another notch on the headboard of your life. And each year brings another challenge in dealing with growing older.
As you enter or work through midlife, you are experiencing many drastic changes. Your body parts are shifting, you’re gaining or losing weight, your face may have more wrinkles, your hair is thinning or turning grey and your memory may not be as sharp. But through all of these changes, one thing stays the same. You are able to cope and you are proving that to yourself every day.
What are the signs that you are doing well? The following are some skills that indicate your resourcefulness and vitality.
1. Your thoughts stay directed on lifelong learning and personal growth.
2. You maintain a sense of purpose and are driven to fulfill a certain goal or passion.
3. You believe that everything happens for a reason and you easily adapt to the changes you experience.
4. You continually believe that life is to be lived and that you are entitled to fun and frivolity.
5. You are attuned to your body and practice healthy eating and adequate exercise to maintain good health.
6.You feel younger than your chronological age and enjoy being around people younger than you.
7.You rely on others to help get you through difficult times and to relieve your stress.
8. You believe that every year you are getting better and better.
9. You enjoy a healthy and hearty sense of humor.
10. You can pace yourself and find time to smell the roses.
If you can relate to some but not all of the above list, it could mean that your attitudes, beliefs and coping skills are limiting you. You certainly don’t want to feel older than you actually are. Rather, you want to exude high energy and postpone the aging process for as long as you can.
Practice these 10 skills and you may find the changes you experience are painless and profound, and that you are feeling emotionally and physically more fit. After all, why age - when you’re still young at heart? Read more
Business Valuation - Baby Boomer Business Owners Tipping the Scales? by Scott Gardner
You, or someone very close to you, are part of 78 million Americans that make up the largest population segment in the United States: Baby Boomers. This generation is classified as anyone born between 1946 and 1964. According to a recent study by BIG Research, 9% of boomers with household incomes exceeding $50,000 are small business owners. Using simple math that means 7 million companies in the United States are owned by individuals 44 - 62 years old.
If you or a family member fall into this category (baby boomer business owner), what is your exit strategy with your business? Currently, 33% of business owners in America will successfully transfer their family business to the next generation (Family Firm Institute). If you fall into the majority of US business owners (67%), then your children (X & Y generations) have opted to not follow in your footsteps of taking over the family business, leaving you with significant, life shaping decisions. Read more
Are Baby Boomers Healthier Than Their Parents?
When it comes to baby boomer health, the individuals who are inching their way towards retirement or have already stopped working are displaying a disturbing trend showcasing poorer health than their parents. Evidence suggests that the status of baby boomer health paints the picture of health conscious, youthful looking people with varying health concerns despite their increased knowledge of fitness, diet, and physical conditioning. Read more
