BOOMERS, ESCAPE FROM YOUR BUBBLE!

J Feld Career Planning and Adult Development Journal 2011

For decades Boomers have been working hard and sacrificing...and expecting it to pay off. We pretty much perfected the profile of the workaholic--sometimes to the detriment of family, health and personal life. Those who coined the phrase "don't trust anyone over thirty" are now turning 60 in record numbers. Many are asking some version of the questions "How did I get here and where do I go? What can I do to make a difference?" Daniel Pink tells us, in his latest book DRiVE, "There are78 million people in the Boomer generation--and I’m at the caboose of the Boomer Generation-who started turning 60 a few years ago, who will continue to turn 60 until 2024. That’s 100 Boomers turning 60 every 13 minutes in this country. Every 13 minutes another 100 Boomers are ... asking those kinds of questions.” Career choices remain of paramount importance to the Boomer generation, and we are seeing the signs: No One Will Give You a Job.