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Baby boomers’ propensity for living well past their ‘sell by’ date is becoming more than a myth. Why do baby boomers seem not only to outlive other generations but also enjoy life more? Where does this enthusiasm for active old age come from?
Baby boomers are happily working well into their seventies and eighties: other generations were happy to while away their golden years tucked up in a nice care home somewhere being spoon fed baby food by a compassionate care worker. Boomers prefer their steak solid and their care workers as far away as possible!
Aging hipster grannies and grandpas are frequently more active than their grown up children and those still working have the cash to spend on the golf course and at the gym.
Modern technology is responsible for a great deal of baby boomers’ well being, of course. With the arrival of modern surgical techniques to extend the life of just about every body part, there is no need to be without movable joints; good eyesight; good hearing (albeit sometimes with a discreet hearing aid) hair in all the right places; or none in the places where hair is unsightly, as the case may be…
Innovative cosmetic enhancements have sculpted baby boomers into perfect specimens who see no reason to lie down and die just yet: many find their sixties, seventies and eighties the most liberated and enjoyable decades of their lives, probably due to being finally free of the closer responsibilities and restrictions of parenting, combined with financial freedom.
Despite age creeping up and a recruitment of eager youngsters ready to pick up the reins, boomers show a marked reluctance to step aside professionally. Many make an active decision to continue working even into their eighties, rather than take advantage of any number of attractive retirement options. And in fact, America is recognized as having a healthy attitude to employing older workers either working past retirement or returning to the workplace after a retired absence.
Finance is often the reason why boomers continue to work late in life. Retirees find that although a retirement package is adequate, it is not equal to financing foreign holidays and expensive hobbies, but it is not only that; they seem to have a real horror of being old in the conventional sense. That is not to say boomers are ashamed of their age; far from it. It is more that their age does not prompt them to do anything other than what they have always done: work; live; enjoy. The boomer policy seems to be to toil on forever, to the annoyance and occasional inconvenience of everyone else!
Professional career consultants, realizing that employers are more than pleased to take on hard working baby boomers, offer a specialized recruitment service for third age candidates, such as with advice on:
Re-training
How to update resumes to make them more appealing to the modern market
How to gain an advantage over younger job candidates
How to manage finances
How to conquer age discrimination
Retired boomers welcomed back
Boomers getting ‘back in the saddle’ are often pleasantly surprised by how quickly they find employment later in life, especially those qualified in technological industries. Early retirement taken by key workers that earned hefty retirement packages in previous decades are welcomed back into the fold with open arms to fill the void created by their departure!
In the last few years, companies such as with a re-employment ethic that encourages baby boomers to return to work have found the boomer attitude changing the way the World works, prompting
Telecommuting
Job share opportunities
Flexitime
Split shifts
Baby boomers are influencing the way other generations do things once again by simply ‘doing stuff their own way’. The boomer group is competent from years of experience and has a proven successful work ethic; is fit and healthy as a result of having the technology to retain a young physique and has the enthusiasm to be an attractive proposition to a prospective employer.
The Psychological Article on Baby Boomers Dying in the Saddle: Retirement Age Boomers Working on or Going Back to Work is part of Boomer Yearbook’s continuing series of baby boomers psychological coaching tips and how to alleviate elderly problems. We believe knowledge is power. We’d love to hear what you think.
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