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Generational and Aging Issues

Economics and Aging Talks at University of Akron

April 14, 2009

Two more upcoming talks at the University of Akron. One on Economics and one on Proactive Aging.

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Book Review of Gladwell’s Outliers

April 1, 2009

Malcolm Gladwell does not need my recommendation to sell books. His new book, Outliers: The Story of Success, follows the bestsellers The Tipping Point and Blink.
For those in Psychology or Human Resource Management, some of the material Gladwell covers will be familiar. The reader will also notice that he often chooses to leave out research [...]

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Age Bias Lawsuits Increase

March 12, 2009

Not unexpectedly, given recent layoffs and reductions in force by companies, age bias discrimination lawsuits and filings are on the increase. An excellent summary of the data appeared in the Wall Street Journal (thanks to Ken Shultz for pointing this out). Although people are entitled to exercise their rights, and should be encouraged to do [...]

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Casting Call for Baby Boomers

March 7, 2009

Given my interest in generational interest, I was intrigued by an email from the folks at Subway that mentioned a casting call for baby boomers with interesting stories of pursuing their dreams. For those with such dreams, the information from Boom Casting says that:

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Midlife in Crisis – Book Review

February 18, 2009

Although these days it might seem like the whole world is having a midlife crisis, for many baby boomers, and even some Generation Xers, the normal midlife issues are being exacerbated by externally imposed, job transition choices. Thus, at such a time, knowing how to deal with these midlife issues is critical. Yesterday, I mentioned [...]

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Should Employers Have a Zero Tolerance Policy for Personal Internet Use?

January 14, 2009

An issue that has arisen on the IPMA Board is that of personal use of the Internet by employees during the work day (for example, checking personal email, making flight arrangements, checking weather or news). Personally, I do not understand or see the difference between receiving emails on your computer or receiving a personal phone [...]

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Generational Article – Supersize Me

December 5, 2008

We have a new article out on the issue of aging and changing demographics. The article is Supersize Me: Health and the Workforce Participation of Mature Adults. It can be found in the IPMA-HR News Magazine for December of 2008.
The article deals with the projection that baby boomers will work and live longer. There is [...]

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Googling for College Applicants

September 23, 2008

The Wall Street Journal on Thursday, September 18th, had an article on “College Applicants, Beware: Your Facebook Page is Showing.” So obviously this issue goes beyond the selection of employees for jobs, but also applies to high school students applying for college.
The article, by John Hechinger, indicates that “A new survey of 500 top colleges [...]

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Back to School Time

August 14, 2008

It’s back to school time. If you don’t believe me visit your local store, which probably already has the Halloween merchandise out as well.
I hate this time of year. Not only because it means summer is over, but because it reminds me I am growing older (and being a gerontologist I should embrace rather than [...]

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Are We Experiencing a Generational Earthquake?

July 15, 2008

As we witness radical shifts in the United States and global economy, an obvious question is whether this is one manifestation of the generational earthquake predicted to occur as large numbers of Baby Boomers retired and were replaced in leadership by Generation Xers and in the workplace by Millennials. This shift in generations is an important issue [...]

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