Boomers! Forget retirement. Big business wants you
[11 June 2004 - Boston Globe] Yo! Baby boomers! Thinking about retirement? You may want to shift gears and start thinking about your next career move. U.S. retailers are taking notice of your work ethics and experience, and they want YOU. The people hammering home your worth are at AARP, the country's largest association for Americans 50 and older. AARP teamed up with the Home Depot chain in February to recruit older workers. It was the first national hiring partnership that AARP had established with any company. Now, the 35-million-member organization is joining forces with Toys R Us Inc. and drug store chain CVS Corp. to promote seasoned workers. "It just became evident that there was real interest from companies that wanted to connect with mature workers," said Emily Allen, AARP's assistant national director of the Senior Community Service Employment Program. ...