Here's the least intuitive blog entry I ever saw. From PRWeb.com comes a piece about how worried the powers that be are in Canada about the future of hiring tech people.
Problem? Baby boomers will be retiring in large numbers. We all know that. But Canadian high tech companies are worried that the youngest boomers are starting to think about retirement. Who then, the companies ask, is going to be sitting at all those work benches figuring out how to get the technical stuff done? There aren't enough young people interested, or educated.
People under 35 tend to stay at a job for about 27 months. It costs a bundle to train them. And then train their replacement(s).
My solution? Make the jobs attractive to the baby boomers they don't want to lose. Offer flex hours, more vacation, some insurance coverage. Respect. Hire us back as consultants with no benefits, if that works better.
Make it tough for us to leave. We're worth it.
Lots of good workers out here.