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...
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” ...
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 ...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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;...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...