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Retireeworkforce.com Offers Baby Boomers Second Careers In the U.S. alone nearly 78 million baby boomers will be hitting retirement in the coming years. Corporations are waking up to the fact that they will face a serious shortage of skilled labor as the next generation of workers is significantly smaller. Retireeworkforce.com (RW) is a job board that provides contract, flexible and full time positions for retirees. This company allows the candidate to search positions based on criteria such as location, skill set, and salary desired. Once a position of interest is found, the candidate can easily apply by completing a Member Profile. This Member Profile allows hiring companies to match the candidate to current and future positions. All services are completely free of charge to the candidates. Companies posting jobs on retireeworkforce.com are specifically looking to hire a more mature, experienced individual. Candidates come from a broad spectrum of disciplines; engineering, marketing, finance, accounting and business development. Retireeworkforce.com provides several cost effective job posting services to companies that want to connect with these highly qualified retirees. They offer website advertising opportunities to target this demographic that controls 70 percent of the U.S. net worth, and estimated $9 trillion (ThirdAge.com, 4/29/06). A recently released white paper warns that, "potential loss of productivity and intellectual capital could have a devastating impact on many businesses that are currently unprepared to adapt to the new realities of the aging workforce." (Manpower Inc., The New Agenda for and Older Workforce, 4/07) Retireeworkforce.com focuses on this current demographic trend to leverage one of the most important and fastest growing knowledge segments - retirees. These individuals' impartial judgment, years of experience and positive work ethic will best address the challenges companies face now and in the future.     By K.S. Date 20-06-2007 Print this article  OTHER ARTICLES Job cut victims could face pensioner poverty, older people's charity warns   Unemployment Statistics on Older Americans   Derailed Boomers nearing retirement make seismic changes to their plans   Engaging the 21st Century Multi-Generational Workforce   Understanding Experiences at the Workplace   Optimal Unemployment Insurance for Older Workers   Labor Force Participation of Older Males in Korea: 1955-2005   Understanding why some employees don’t participate in employer pension schemes - UK   Employers attitudes and likely reactions to the workplace pension reforms 2007   Workplace Flexibility : Findings from the Age & Generations Study