March 14, 2007 10:21 AM

Flexibility is not a female issue
Posted by Diane Danielsonat 10:21 AM

It's also not a Gen X or Gen Y issue.  This is an everyone issue.  According to Cali Yost on the Work+Life Fit blog, The National Study of Business Strategy and Workforce Demographics (.pdf) just released a study today by the Center for Aging & Work at Boston College.  The study shows that:

As the population ages and more workers face caring for aging parents and retirement, the focus must expand. How do we all find flexibility to strategically adjust our work+life fit in response to personal and professional transitions throughout all stages of our career? This includes finding a partner, and having a child, but also caring for an elder and retirement which historically haven’t gotten as much attention.