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American Association for Retired Persons
http://www.aarp.org/

The internet portal for Boomers, 50+ and Seniors with thousands of articles about health and money, travel, home and family, daily jokes, games and much more
http://www.50plus.com

Work & Leisure

Eliminate the issue of ‘age discrimination’ by letting Wisdom Staffing be your advocate and
promoter
http://newsvote.bbc.co.uk/mpapps/page tools/print/news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/..


Later life workers are often superior candidates – let’s make employers come to this realization http://www.experienceworks.org/site/DocServer/Myths_of_Maturity.pdf?docID=148

Will your peers be working in retirement?
http://agingandwork.bc.edu/documents/FS01_OlderWorkerPrefer_000.pdf
http://askmerrill.ml.com/ask_merrill_2006/5_total_merrill/retirement_illustrator/findings/..

Securing Your New Job

Review you résumé and avoid these common mistakes:
http://www.experienceworks.org/site/DocServer/résumé_Mistakes.pdf?docID=150

Finding work when you are over 50 can be a challenging experience
Click here for some retirement career tips

Finance

Are you financially ready to retire?
Click here to investigate your readiness for retirement

 

Business Improvement

The use of temps to enhance staffing strategy
Use of Temps to Reduce Overall Staffing Costs

Strategic Staffing – is it time to re-think your HR planning?
Strategic Staffing Plans

The Aging Workforce – unique research to aid business strategy and workforce development
http://agingandwork.bc.edu/template_index

 

Legal & Compliance

Resources dedicated to the HR professional
http://www.hr.com
http://www.shrm.org/

Advantages Of Later Life Job Seekers

Why hire later life job seekers
http://www.multiculturaladvantage.com/recruit/group/mature/Why-Hire-Seniors-and-Retirees.asp

The aging of the baby boom generation presents both a challenge and an opportunity for our nation. Best practice for engaging and retaining older workers – US Government Accountability Office
http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d07433t.pdf

Other
Labor Department answers some common labor related questions Long Island businesses ask
http://www.workforcenewyork.org/li/FAQs/faq_bus.htm