{"id":158,"date":"2005-06-13T16:09:07","date_gmt":"2005-06-13T16:09:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chriscurnow.com\/index.php\/2005\/06\/13\/the_wasted_gene\/"},"modified":"2005-06-13T16:09:07","modified_gmt":"2005-06-13T16:09:07","slug":"the_wasted_gene","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chriscurnow.com\/?p=158","title":{"rendered":"The wasted generation"},"content":{"rendered":"

It seems the baby boomers are dvidided in their approach to retirement.
\nThat’s the view at least of this BRW article<\/a>
\n[Subscription required]. I have to point out that, true to its form, BRW discusses only the
\ntop 10% wealthiest baby boomers. Allowing for that, the trend observed provoke thought.<\/p>\n

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The article is based largelyby Robert Critchley’s book "Doing
\nnothing is not an option" <\/em>One group of these baby boomers
\nmatches the stereotype of the baby boomer – looking forward to retirment
\nas soon as possible. Some of them making plans to retire as early as
\nage 45 and then planning to make no futher contribution to the workforce.
\nAs BRW points out, this is a huge loss of skill from our community.
\nFor some of this group, the retirement is not entirely voluntary. Critchley
\nmakes the believable claim "Recruitment companies won’t interview
\npeople over 45, although they won’t admit it." Australian corporate
\nculture is entrenched in the adoration of youth and dismissal of experience.<\/p>\n

So we are ending up with a large group of skilled and experienced people
\nover 55 who are lost to the workforce. Some voluntarily and others because
\nthey have been retrenched and can’t find other work.<\/p>\n

This is a sad and unfortunae scenario. I can’t imagine retiring. I
\nhope I keep my health long enought to be still working when I’m 80.
\nAnd so I belong to the second group of baby boomers. Those who want
\nto keep working – but not in traditional 9-5 employment. Rather we are
\nthe portfolio workers who divide our time between paid and voluntary
\nwork. <\/p>\n

It’s not that easy to move into a portfolio exsitence though. It takes
\na particular type of personality. It’s not for the risk averse. It’s
\nstressful. It takes the ability to put yourself out there and being
\nprepared to be rejected. It sounds romantic and luxurious but it is
\nhard work. I think it’s easy for us risk takers to move into portfolio
\nwork. <\/p>\n

For people with a different approach to life, we have to find ways
\nto encourage them to become involved in different types of work that
\nprovide some form of security but also respect and dignity.<\/p>\n

It’s hard for people who have been rejected by the workforce. The answer
\nlies not only in changing their views but also those of employers and
\nother organisations – to create varied opportunities for their contribution.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It seems the baby boomers are dvidided in their approach to retirement. That’s the view at least of this BRW article [Subscription required]. I have to point out that, true to its form, BRW discusses only the top 10% wealthiest baby boomers. Allowing for that, the trend observed provoke thought. The article is based largelyby […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-158","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chriscurnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chriscurnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chriscurnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chriscurnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chriscurnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=158"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chriscurnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chriscurnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=158"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chriscurnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=158"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chriscurnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=158"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}