PRESS - Released January 23, 2007

Contact: Patrick Rafter
(781) 235-1329 (option 4)
pr@retirementjobs.com

RetirementJobs.com Launches Assault on Age Bias
Boomers and State of the Union: Crisis or Retirement Jobs Opportunity?
US Employers meeting workforce talent gap by hiring more workers over 50.

Washington & Boston, MA-January 23, 2007- Hours before President Bush's "State of the Union Address", RetirementJobs.com, the Web's leading career destination for people aged 50+ today declared an "Assault on Age Bias", a national call-to-action for employers, government, and the public to unite to reduce age bias and discrimination in the American workplace.

"Last Thursday, Federal Reserve Chairman Bernanke ominously predicted a "fiscal crisis" caused by "future entitlement spending" to fund Boomers' Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid payments," said Tim Driver, CEO of RetirementJobs.com. "Let's not respond to this crisis with sharp cuts in program funding, nor with major tax increases. Instead, let's help America's 78 million baby boomers continue working for as long as they want. By uniting against age bias and encouraging employers to proactively retain and hire 50+ workers, we'll strengthen the economy," said Driver.

RetirementJobs.com's "Assault on Age Bias" coincides with its publication of a research report on "Age Bias in the American Workplace: A "Fact of Life" Enters Its Own Phased Retirement." in a press release today entitled "Bright Employment Outlook for Age 50+ Workers."

Excerpts from the Age Bias Research Report

"The state of age bias today is not unlike the issues of gender, racial and national origin bias over the past 30 years or more. The time to confront age bias has come.
Labor market demand, global competitive realities, the aging of the U.S. workforce and the desire of older workers to remain gainfully employed, compel our society to remove the barriers, real and perceived, regarding age bias."
"Age bias and discrimination, real or perceived, cannot continue to be an impediment to the full deployment of capable and committed age 50+ workers for the U.S. economy to maintain growth and vitality."

The Research notes employers are three times likelier (than employees) to believe that "age bias is declining." Through its new Workplace Age Bias Index, RetirementJobs.com establishes a yardstick to measure perceived age bias, a factor which will impact the economy for the next 20 years.

The Report's findings, combined with RetirementJobs.com's strong sales and website traffic, indicate that employers increasingly want and need to retain and hire experienced talent. Employers currently offering full and part-time work on RetirementJobs.com include Retailers (Borders Group, Macy's and Staples), Not-For-Profits (American Red Cross and Mass General Hospital), and Services (Deloitte & Touche, H&R Block, and Hyatt).

About RetirementJobs.com
As the #1 career website for job-seekers aged 50+, RetirementJobs.com provides opportunity, inspiration, community and counsel to people over 50 seeking work to match their lifestyle. Our powerful, easy-to use job board connects experienced workers with thousands of jobs from age-Friendly certified employers. RetirementJobs.com is a strong public advocate and a catalyst to help employers retain, hire, and benefit from an experienced workforce.

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Press Contact: Patrick Rafter, RetirementJobs.com/617-901-2697 pr@retirementjobs.com ##