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Wednesday, April 09, 2008 9:31 AM

Online Resources Growing for Older Job Seekers

According to Aging Workforce News, the online job site CareerBuilder.com has launched a site specifically dedicated to workers 50 and older, driven by results of their recent survey which found that 22% of employers plan to rehire retirees from other companies in 2008 and that 14% of employers plan to provide incentives for older workers to stay with the company longer. These "Boomerang Boomers" will be a large and growing force in the workforce of the 2010s, especially in industries likely to have difficulty attracting younger workers because of their "old economy" reputations or traditional cultures.
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