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BABY BOOMER STATISTICS

LARGEST GENERATION IN AMERICAN HISTORY
Counting me, and most likely you as well, there are 78 million “baby boomers” born between 1946 and 1964 that were born in America.  Statistically, baby boomers constitute by sheer numbers, the largest generation in American history.  (We are also the most obese generation in American history, so we are the “largest” in more than one statistical category.)
LEVERAGE THROUGH OUT LIFETIME

This kind of heft creates leverage… More

BABY BOOMERS RETIRING (PBS NewsHour)

In this January 2011 segment from the PBS NewsHour, Judy Woodruff looks at the implications of  Baby Boomers retiring with Nicholas Eberstadt of the American Enterprise Institute and Ted Fishman, author of “Shock of Gray.”
That society is not prepared for Boomers getting old is no great surprise.  Along with discussing the statistics of an increasingly grey population and the impacts on unfunded liabilities like Medicare and Social Security, this discussion… More

IMPACT OF LONGEVITY ON BABY BOOMERS

HUMAN LIFESPAN INCREASES
Some of us may soon be able to live to ages not seen since the days of the Old Testament prophets.  Lifestyle changes and advances in medical science are rapidly adding years to much of the world’s population.  Americans are living an average of 3.5 years longer today than they did in 1980.
Old Testament prophets’ aside, the life span for most Homo sapiens was only about 19-20 years during most of our time on this earth.   Life was tough.  Hunting,… More

WHAT IS A BABY BOOMER?

POST WWII BABIES
As soldiers around the world began to return from wherever World War II had taken them, men and women enthusiastically married, started families, and started or resumed their careers.  From 1946 to 1964, child-birth exploded in America with approximately 79 million babies being born, hence the name, Baby Boomers.
Never before had there been such a rapid increase in global population, with the birth rate eventually increasing in the late 50’s to an 86% increase… More

BOOMER JOBS

For those in the Plus-50 set who are looking for work, or thinking about a job change, here are some tips just for you.
DUST OFF THAT RESUME
Most larger employers now use scanning software to search resumes for key words that link back to their specific hiring needs.  For example, if a company is hiring for customer service workers, their software will scan for “customer service”, and reject all the others regardless of experience.  Make alterations of your resumes so… More

BABY BOOMER CHARACTERISTICS

In his book, Great Expectations: America and the Baby Boom Generation, author Landon Jones coined the term that became the label of the generation of Americans born between 1946 and 1964.  Some believe, however, regardless of the year of their birth, boomers were coming of age at the same time once they heard the Beatles and witnessed man landing on the surface of the moon.
MUSIC
For many Boomers, music was, and is the glue that held the generation together.  This was the first… More

BABY BOOM GENERATION IN DENIAL

IT’S ALL ABOUT US
My siblings and I are all part of the Baby Boom Generation.  We grew up secure that we lived in the greatest nation in the world.  We won World War II, didn’t we?  So many of us were born after the war that our communities became all about us:  new schools, bigger and better housing, youth centered activities, Walt Disney, Rock ‘n Roll, and the optimism to be anything we wanted to be.FREEDOM! The Pill brought on Women’s Liberation and… More