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Delayed Retirement: Effect Hits Gen X, Gen Y Careers
MSNBC reports this morning that more workers in the "Baby Boom" generation, now in their sixties, expect to delay retirement to age 70 and beyond. Following the recent stock market nose dive, retirement portfolios have taken a huge hit, with aging workers scrambling to make up the difference. The effects of delayed retirement extend far beyond one generation, however. Shock waves from the aging boom are hitting Gen X and Y workers, discovering a tighter than ever job market with little prospect of relief. Not only are the Boomers not retiring, but major employers quite likely are not replacing them with new workers when they do.
Explore Thousands of Careers at the Click of a Mouse
What do you want to be? Registered nurse, real estate agent, football coach, webmaster, investment banker – deciding what you would like to do with your work life is an important decision, but also an exploration of who you are and how you want to live. Whoever you are, whatever you want to be, Careers.Org has a job for you. Search through our amazing database of thousands of careers, complete with videos, job descriptions, occupational outlooks, educational advice, and countless other features.
Unemployment Details - States List Lagging Careers
We saw the headlines all over the news today - the US Department of Labor posted the worst unemployment figures since the aftermath of the September 11th attacks. Beneath the numbers, however, was the most useful bit of info: those careers which are most at risk.
Custom Search Only the Best Career Related Sites
Frustrated by all the junk job sites out there? Careers.Org announces custom search capability, a new feature enabling our readers to search beyond the Careers.Org site to hundreds of the best job, career, and business news resources on the Internet. Cut through the clutter and find only what you need.
Veterans Groups Ask for More Transition Resources
This Veterans Day, veterans groups are asking the federal government and the private sector for more transitional resources for vets returning home from deployments in Iraq and Afghanistan. Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America have launched a new ad campaign aimed at returning veterans, designed to bring them to their not for profit website, communityofveterans.org.