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Self‐Employment and Baby Boomers: Ten Tips for Your Clients
Author(s) -
BERGEN C. W.,
SOPER BARLOW,
FLICKER RICHARD M.
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
journal of employment counseling
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.252
H-Index - 27
eISSN - 2161-1920
pISSN - 0022-0787
DOI - 10.1002/j.2161-1920.1998.tb00471.x
Subject(s) - baby boomers , consolidation (business) , restructuring , psychology , public relations , labour economics , management , business , marketing , political science , economics , accounting , finance
The movement toward growth that characterized American industry for much of this century has now changed to a trend of consolidation. Consolidation typically includes layoffs, reductions in force, and restructuring. Such downsizing has caused baby boomers holding executive, managerial and professional administrative positions to consider self‐employment opportunities. This article discusses how career counselors can assist these clients in evaluating and making the move from corporate America to self‐employment.