How should you fill positions vacated by baby boomer retirements? Manufacturing Business Technology hits it on the nose as to “why the urgency?” in the answer of Bill Martin, President of Fortune Personnel Consultants of Greensboro:
” “It’s there because people of retirement age typically are in management or technically complex positions. This is particularly the case in technical manufacturing positions, where the learning curves are steep,” says Martin.
But then Ron Herzog, President of FPC, begins to explain the process used to fill the positions:
“Companies need new employees in those jobs now to develop the skills needed by the time the …read more

Manufacturing Business Technology (MBT) magazine deals with a topic I’ve followed with great interest: baby boomer retirements. My interest is based on my age, 54, and the difficulty I’ve experienced gaining employment of the type I’m used to after year 2000. The need for mature, experienced workers never seemed to impact my situation even though I heard and read plenty about it. My difficulties probably had more to do with the huge downturn in my industry in 2000-2001: consulting related to technology enablement of business processes. My recent hiring by a major software company is a personal indication that mature …read more