New Jobs Forecast Predicts Millions of Workers at Risk of Being Left Behind June 23, 2010 Georgetown University Center for Education forecasts that by 2018, 63 percent of all jobs will require at least some postsecondary... Read More
Is ‘Retirement’ Now A Dirty Word? July 6, 2010 Over the past several years as I’ve grown closer to retirement age, I have rebelled against the words “retiree” ... Read More
What the Numbers Say: Boomers On The Way Out August 21, 2010 Insurance is a business of numbers. One of the most important is the number of people an independent agency has on its staff. Now ... Read More
The Sound of Retirement September 26, 2010 Retirement is starting to drain America’s insurance workforce. — The 78 million baby boomers (born 1946-1964) will retire ... Read More
Shockingly, Only 33 Percent of Agencies Seen As ‘Ready’ for Staff Retirements October 24, 2010 Look what agency employees are saying about their current agencies: Only 33 percent of soon-to-be insurance retirees think that th... Read More
Retirees = Future Workers November 23, 2010 Independent insurance agencies and other employers in the insurance industry are facing a coming labor shortage created by baby bo... Read More
Holiday Greetings: As Time Goes By December 15, 2010 A year ago, I had no idea so many great things would happen in 2010 for Work At Home Vintage Experts – WAHVE. This is what happe... Read More
The Night Before New Year’s December 28, 2010 (Apologies to Clement Clarke Moore) ‘Twas the night before New Year’s and we’re still recovering We’re out of eggnog a... Read More
Boomers@65 January 20, 2011 Friends, have you read the latest AARP Bulletin, Special Edition, Boomers @65? It reinforces what we already know about Boomers;... Read More
What Can WAHVE’s ‘wahves’ Do? January 23, 2011 There are two common questions we get asked here at WAHVE from insurance firms who are seeking to outsource jobs and or process wo... Read More
All Signs Point to WAHVE February 3, 2011 The pool of part-time, flexible-schedule, professional jobs – precisely the ones that appeal to retirees – is growing. Read mo... Read More
What Is ‘Phased Retirement’? February 15, 2011 Phased retirement is a term used by The National Alliance Research Academy in its 2010 research report “The Looming Professional... Read More
A Senior Moment March 20, 2011 The term “senior moment” is well known as a light-hearted description of forgetfulness. Many people have said, after a... Read More
Hire (Battle) Ground April 5, 2011 Insurance hiring managers: Is finding and retaining qualified employees about to get even more difficult? Insurance firms are in... Read More
These Boomers Mean Business! April 28, 2011 At WAHVE’s booth at the NetVU (Network of Vertafore Users) conference in Orlando starting April 29: You’ll get a photo... Read More
Hiring Going Higher May 18, 2011 More than 40 percent of companies are aiming to hire more employees in 2011 a much-brighter employment forecast than in 2010. “A... Read More