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AUGUST 5, 2010

  A major reason given for planning to work past traditional retirement age is the impact of the recent recession.    The survey covers generational attitudes in the workplace and looks at Baby Boomers, Gen X and Gen Y. .  This prevents automated programs from posting comments. View an alternate.

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JUNE 24, 2010

   As part of this research, SNCR is doing a survey on this topic. If you are involved in the strategy or tactics related to the use of online video for your organization, please help out by taking a short survey.    Click Here to Take the Survey.   Click Here to Take the Survey.

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JULY 1, 2019

Want Your Business to Thrive - Cultivate Your External Talent : The Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) and Success Factors teamed up for study, which surveyed independent workers, managers who hire independent works and HR employees.  How Well Are Independent Workers Prepared for Retirement?:

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AUGUST 21, 2014

Their primary target market is aging baby boomers and their goal is help this group transition to social service work as they enter the traditional retirement years.   - The average age the survey respondents plan to retire is close to 70. .  retirement self-employment trends' 28% of the 4.5

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JULY 2, 2013

Transamerica Insurance released their 14th annual retirement survey.   Most interesting to us here at Small Business Labs are the attitudes related to working past traditional retirement age. This is a comprehensive online poll of over 3000 Americans aged 18+ working for for-profit companies with 10 or more employees.

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Small Business Labs

JULY 11, 2012

Last year we posted on a study suggesting that many baby boomers were going to need to work until they were 80 to retire.   But according to the Center for Retirement at Boston College , most Boomers will only have to work until they are 70 to retire comfortably. Working longer means fewer years in retirement.

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Small Business Labs

JANUARY 13, 2015

  For over a decade Barlow has fielded a quarterly survey of businesses on topics of interest to financial institutions. Because of their history and the comprehensive nature of the their surveys, Barlow has lots of interesting and insightful information on small businesses.  small business owners. .

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JANUARY 27, 2014

TD Ameritrade did a study late last year on retirement savings and the self-employed.   We like seeing other surveys finding similar results to ours. .    We like seeing other surveys finding similar results to ours.  Pursuing a passion comes in close behind. It makes us much more confident of our data.

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AUGUST 25, 2014

 Unlike the classic retired "snow birds" who fly south in droves for the winter, the people we met are still in the workforce. We also met people who spend their summers in Portland, but move to warmer, drier places instead of enduring Portland's dreary winters.

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JULY 30, 2014

According to a recent survey close to 60% of men over the age of 50 with incomes of $75,000 or higher reported not feeling confident they will be able to maintain their current lifestyle in retirement. And it's not just people with low incomes that are being impacted.

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JUNE 30, 2010

Blog powered by TypePad Member since 01/2005 « Yahoo CEO on Local Content | Main | Non-Mortgage Debt and Working in Retirement » June 30, 2010 Wisconsin, Illinois Companies Feeling the Recovery The QPS Employment Group is a staffing and recruiting firm operating in Wisconsin and Illinois.  Kudos to QPS for their survey work. 

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APRIL 9, 2013

  To better understand this age group, as part of the MBO Partners State of Independence study we surveyed and interviewed a group of independent workers (self-employed, independent consultants, freelancers, etc.) aged 67 and older.   Some of the findings of the research include: There are about 1.35

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2011

That's the highest level since the 1960s, before more generous Social Security and Medicare benefits made it more attractive to retire." The survey results from the MBO Partners State of Independence study reflect this.    Many seniors are working longer for financial reasons. 

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Small Business Labs

SEPTEMBER 13, 2010

  I will be participating in a Tweet Chat discussing the survey results this wednesday (September 15th) from 1:00pm to 2:30pm ET.    All of these are better than the 2010 expectations data from the prior survey, which was done late last year.   Click here for more information and to register. View an alternate.

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Small Business Labs

JUNE 2, 2010

  But following up on yesterday's post on IBM's global CEO survey , I wanted to highlight one of their charts.    The chart below shows their survey results on the key external forces likely to impact large corporations over the next 3 years.   Technology allows companies to better manage complexity.

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Small Business Labs

JUNE 4, 2010

  Conduct two surveys augmented by in-person interviews.   The first will survey coworking facility owners and identify key facility statistics such as size of the facility, number of desks and offices, services offered, number and type of members, etc.   We will be making our research findings public. 

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MAY 18, 2010

Recent survey results from Network Solutions Small Business Success Index shows that about 19% of small businesses (less than 100 employees) sell outside the U.S.  .  It covers a wide range of global trends and demographic shifts with an emphasis on the growing power of Asia and BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India, China) countries.

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JULY 30, 2010

The DIY BIO blog  recently did a survey looking at the demand for a coworking biology lab.  .  While most Hackerspaces are targeted at hobbyists, a growing number also target independent workers and small businesses.      For those that are interested, there is also Bio-Curious Google Group. 

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JULY 30, 2010

The DIY BIO blog  recently did a survey looking at the demand for a coworking biology lab.  .  While most Hackerspaces are targeted at hobbyists, a growing number also target independent workers and small businesses.      For those that are interested, there is also Bio-Curious Google Group. 

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JULY 7, 2010

  Having said that, for obvious reasons it is likely any official survey undercounts illegal aliens.  .  According to the BLS technical notes it does include "undocumented workers", the BLS term for illegal aliens.  This prevents automated programs from posting comments. View an alternate.

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JUNE 25, 2010

Blog powered by TypePad Member since 01/2005 « Please Take "The Organizational Use of Video Storytelling" Survey | Main | Silicon Prairie » June 25, 2010 Corporate Speed Dating Opportunity with Intuit Intuit is holding their 2nd   Entrepreneur Day on August 16th in Mountain View, California. 

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JUNE 23, 2010

Blog powered by TypePad Member since 01/2005 « Street Food Gets Real | Main | Please Take "The Organizational Use of Video Storytelling" Survey » June 23, 2010 More on the Growth of Small Farms and Local Food Interesting article in the Washington Post on mobile slaughterhouses.  Having trouble reading this image?

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Small Business Labs

AUGUST 19, 2010

Our survey research is showing a growing number of small businesses are exporting, but the overall numbers are still small. Would love to here other perspectives out there? Posted by: Tom Hood | August 21, 2010 at 01:09 PM Tom: I think the easiest way to benefit from growth overseas is to export. Having trouble reading this image?

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MAY 20, 2010

  Recent survey results from the Network Solutions Small Business Success Index  also show this.  .  In our research we're seeing a lot of small businesses who are disappointed with social media.    Only 22% of small businesses who use social media believe it has been profitable. 

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Small Business Labs

MAY 28, 2019

  Examples include corporations shifting more responsibility for retirement, career planning and healthcare to their employees and governments reducing social safety net programs. " Reinforcing this, the Federal Reserve just released their 2019 Survey of Household Economics and Decsionmaking study. 

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DECEMBER 9, 2013

There's no doubt the traditional career path of staying with a single company, or a small number of employers, and rising through the ranks until you retire is no longer viable for most people.   One option that's becoming increasingly common is the portfolio career. Based on our research, this comes in two broad flavors: 1.

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Small Business Labs

SEPTEMBER 6, 2011

  The research consisted of two national, representative surveys and in-depth interviews with independent workers.    Respondents were most concerned about a lack of predicable income (56%), job pipeline worries (46%) and planning for retirement (46%).    Only 6% are highly dissatisfied. 

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JUNE 1, 2010

Blog powered by TypePad Member since 01/2005 « Urban Farming Continues to Expand | Main | CEOs Believe Technology is Rising in Importance » June 01, 2010 Learning From Large Corporation CEOs Every other year IBM conducts a global survey of large corporation CEOs.  This prevents automated programs from posting comments.

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