work force Boomers will have an awesome role to play: nurturing, coaching and mentoring the incoming generation of workers. The good news is that it can be a rewarding experience for all iEmployers are gearing up for the coming generational change-out…the departure of the Baby Boomers from their work places and the continuing arrival of members of what has become known as Generation Y. Whether employers realize the importance of this transition may well determine how successful the business will be when the changeover is complete a decade or so from now.

For the record, the Boomers first bloomed in 1947, meaning they begin to hit 65 in 2012. That is a scant five years from now. And although many Boomers may elect to stay in the work force beyond the traditional 65-year-old retirement point, some will elect to enter retirement earlier, so the transition may begin sooner than employers think.

In their final years in the work force Boomers will have an awesome role to play: nurturing, coaching and mentoring the incoming generation of workers. The good news is that it can be a rewarding experience for all in

neration Y. Whether employers realize the importance of this transition may well determine how successful the business will be when the changeover is complete a decade or so from now.

For the record, the Boomers first bloomed in 1947, meaning they begin to hit 65 in 2012. That is a scant five years from now. And although many Boomers may elect to stay in the work force beyond the traditional 65-year-old retirement point, some will elect to enter retirement earlier, so the transition may begin sooner than employers think.

In their final years in the work force Boomers will have an awesome role to play: nurturing, coaching and mentoring the incoming generation of workers. The good news is that it can be a rewarding experience for all i

>For the record, the Boomers first bloomed in 1947, meaning they begin to hit 65 in 2012. That is a scant five years from now. And although many Boomers may elect to stay in the work force beyond the traditional 65-year-old retirement point, some will elect to enter retirement earlier, so the transition may begin sooner than employers think.

In their final years in the work force Boomers will have an awesome role to play: nurturing, coaching and mentoring the incoming generation of workers. The good news is that it can be a rewarding experience for all i

beyond the traditional 65-year-old retirement point, some will elect to enter retirement earlier, so the transition may begin sooner than employers think.

In their final years in the work force Boomers will have an awesome role to play: nurturing, coaching and mentoring the incoming generation of workers. The good news is that it can be a rewarding experience for all i

work force Boomers will have an awesome role to play: nurturing, coaching and mentoring the incoming generation of workers. The good news is that it can be a rewarding experience for all involved.

From the older employees’ perspective, younger workers are often characterized as computer-obsessed and “wet behind the ears.” In reality, the new worker is a pretty bright breed. The internet has been their friend all of their lives and global learning is old hat to them. Their baseline education level is higher than a Boomer could have ever hoped to have achieved this early in a career.

The best part, however, is that the new generation of worker is eager for feedback… welcomes it and listens to it. It’s a generation accustomed to constant feedback from its computer-driven lifestyle and it’s a generation unafraid to try something new to produce better results.

It doesn’t, however, know the ropes…the processes in a pa