You walk into your office and your boss tells you to decide if you want to be here. You have to make a decision about whether you will continue working for the organization or if you are leaving. What do you do? How do you make a decision to stay or to leave? Are you surprised by the option? If your boss is giving you an option to stay or to leave, something is afoot! Something is not working and you get to decide if you are willing to make some changes if you are going to remain in the …read more

Scot Herrick is Founder and Publisher of Cube Rules: Career Management for Cubicle Warriors. Scot provides online career management training for knowledge workers who typically work in a corporate cubicle. Scot is joining Gina and I as we participate in the The Great Blog Off. Enjoy!
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Baby Boomers Face Hiring Hurdles
by: Scot Herrick
When Baby Boomers claim “experience” and “reliability” in interviews, they are reinforcing the hiring hurdles faced by older workers. There, instead, needs to be a new focus to interviews.
Outlining these hurdles is Older Staffers Get Uneasy Embrace:
Employers fear older workers “cost too much, lack current skills and don’t stick …read more