July 14, 2003

Baby boomers' exit to leave huge gap in work force
Posted by deisenhart@bostonworks.com">Douglas Eisenhart at 10:43 AM -

How will you staff up to meet critical areas of need when the boomers start heading for the exits?

It is common knowledge that the size of the baby boom generation could well shake the foundations of the Social Security system. What is less well known and only now coming into focus is the potential impact boomer retirements could have on many businesses and industries. The large bulge that transformed the work force so spectacularly from the mid-1960s to the mid-1980s is now preparing to exit in equally dramatic fashion, potentially draining organizations of more talented and skill-rich individuals than succeeding, numerically smaller generations will be able to replace.

Read the article from this Sunday's Globe BostonWorks section.

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