I just found a website for an interesting company called VocationVacations®. The company sends you on a vacation to try out a vocation.
Have you ever wanted to be:
An alpaca rancher?
A bed and breakfast owner?
A chef?
A dude rancher?
An interior designer?
A private investigator?
A sailing boat captain?
A wine bar owner, vineyard owner, or wine retailer?
There are many […]
What are you baby boomer business owners doing to help employees fight high gas prices?
Some companies are going to a 4-day workweek.
Others are offering telecommuting
And some are providing commuter vans to carry groups of employees to work.
Why help employees? Because:
Helping employees engenders more loyalty (theoretically)
If you don’t, they may have to quit or find another […]
A lot of younger workers are standing around wondering if we baby boomers are ever going to retire. After all, they can do the jobs so much better and faster, and youth trumps experience, right?
But it looks like the recession, tight housing market, and health care concerns are keeping baby boomers from retiring. […]
In 2006, the Stillwater, Minnesota school district was forced to pay over $1 million to former employees who had been discriminated against in early retirement. Apparently, the school district was reducing early retirement incentive payments for each year as employees grew older. Huh? (I had to read that a couple of times […]
If you feel that you have an age discrimination case you need to talk with your local Federal office of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. They have a very good process to help you determine if you have a case under the law. They will advise you and take action if they feel you have a good […]
Get your friends together and sponsor a “Baby Boomer Job Fair” - use the one in Golden, Colorado as inspiration. This is the second year for the “BOOM-A-FAIR” - it is being held April 22 at the Jefferson County Fairgrounds. I wonder what kinds of jobs are available - I hope “Wal-Mart Greeter” isn’t one […]
I’ve recently come across a number of people who talk about starting a business. They want to know the steps to starting a business. I could write down the dozen or so broad topics someone should think about before starting a business, but they would be better off reading any of the score or more […]
Some older workers never retire. In fact, according to the Toronto Financial Post, 17% of boomers continue to work indefinitely, not just for the money but for personal satisfaction.
The trade-off is that you aren’t taking Social Security, which means that you can take more out later (if you live long enough). Postponing your retirement (not […]
When Henry Ford started the Ford Motor Company he initiated many ideas which were revolutionary for the time. One of the most denigrated by other industrialists was his the high level of pay he gave to his workers. It was socialist thinking.
Ford calculated that only a well paid middle class could afford his automobiles over […]
This is my last rant for 2007: You get what you put up with. Two examples:
EXAMPLE 1. I went to a movie theater with my son and daughter over the holidays. This was the first movie I had seen in a long time at the theater (my husband and I usually […]
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Written by Jean Murray [email] for b5media.
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