'Brain drain' coming with wave of retirements
| February 13, 2006 |  View for printing |
Prescient companies find ways to keep older workers
Online entrepreneur Renee Ward wanted to start a Web site to help teenagers land their first job, only to find that corporate employers sought to recruit an older crowd.
"They asked us to put together a site to reach 50-plus workers and current retirees looking to work part time and bring their talent, energy and experience to the bottom line," she says.
Today, her 5-year-old Web site -- http://www.seniors4hire.org -- counts Bank of America, Regal Cinemas, Petco and Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield among its clients.
By MARY DIEBEL SCRIPPS HOWARD NEWS SERVICE
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