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Why the over 50s are leaving the workforce in huge numbers

Workplace Insight

Of course, it could simply be that workers saved more during the pandemic and can now afford to retire in comfort earlier than planned. Surprisingly, the silver exodus is not concentrated in the richest segments of society – even though one might expect that they would be the most able to retire.

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1 in 3 Small Business Owners are 65 or Older

Small Business Labs

  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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Hot Jobs and Job Ruts

On The Job

The chapter now offers retired social workers everything from computer skills updates, interviewing and personal marketing advice, as well as ongoing training on various aspects of working with older adults. companies, according to the Ethics Resource Center's 2007 National Business Ethics Survey®.

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Coworking Labs - Our New Research Blog for our Coworking Project

Small Business Labs

.  We first wrote about coworking in a research report in the Intuit Future of Small Business report The Changing Face of Entrepreneurship , which was released in January of 2007.    Conduct two surveys augmented by in-person interviews.   Conduct two surveys augmented by in-person interviews.

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New Small Business Startup Idea: Virtual Import/Export Assistant.

The Small Business Blog

New Small Business Startup Idea: Virtual Import/Export Assistant by Stefan Töpfer on Nov 13, 2007 You may speak more languages and have market segment knowledge about a certain product or service. He is now retired but worked as a customs officer and also owned a restaurant that he was forced to sell after it ran at a loss for 2 years.

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Clever Marketing by Kitchen Table Business | THE SMALL BUSINESS BLOG

The Small Business Blog

Clever Marketing by Kitchen Table Business by Stefan Töpfer on Oct 11, 2007 Shirley Jaffrey wrote me an email today, telling me her story how she started her business on a kitchen table and is now supplying the stars. Carl from Paid Surveys Said on October 23rd, 2008 at 2:19 am This is a truly inspiring story. Any idea anyone?

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Will This Tough Job Market Change Generation Y?

On The Job

In a recent survey, Jobvite found that before the recession, more than 60 percent of GenY candidates wanted a higher compensation than offered. I was laye doff in 2007 while attending an collage I had to take up two jobs to make ends meet which means that school was out of the schedule. Did I work multiple jobs to survive growing up?

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