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Article: More older workers face prospect of younger boss.
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- The Indianapolis Star (Indianapolis, IN)
- Article date:
- June 19, 2005
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Byline: Dana Knight
Jun. 19--Charity Mears has great communication skills and a high-ranking position.
But Carol Cobb noticed something else when she met boss Mears -- a major age gap.
"She's my son's age," said Cobb, 51, who works for 31-year-old Mears at ESCO Communications Inc., a telephone and voicemail company in Indianapolis. "Of course I notice her age because she could be my daughter, but what overrides that immediately is her knowledge, how well she communicates with people. You're in awe of that."
More and more older workers -- particularly baby boomers -- are finding themselves reporting to fresh-faced bosses 20-plus years ...