{"id":425091,"date":"2022-04-01T20:32:00","date_gmt":"2022-04-01T17:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/dont-burn-bridges-companies-are-welcoming-back-older-workers\/"},"modified":"2022-04-01T20:32:00","modified_gmt":"2022-04-01T17:32:00","slug":"dont-burn-bridges-companies-are-welcoming-back-older-workers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/dont-burn-bridges-companies-are-welcoming-back-older-workers\/","title":{"rendered":"#: Don\u2019t burn bridges: Companies are welcoming back older workers"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a361fa66164a\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span 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href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/dont-burn-bridges-companies-are-welcoming-back-older-workers\/#Chris_Farrell\" >Chris Farrell<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9C_Dont_burn_bridges_Companies_are_welcoming_back_older_workers%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;: Don\u2019t burn bridges: Companies are welcoming back older workers&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<h2 class=\"article__subhead\" itemprop=\"alternativeHeadline\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Returning_to_a_previous_employer_is_attractive_to_experienced_workers_50_years_and_older\"><\/span>\n  Returning to a previous employer is attractive to experienced workers 50 years and older<br \/>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"column column--full article__content\">\n<div class=\"article__side\">\n<div class=\"container--sticky not-active\">\n<div id=\"cx-next\" data-nosnippet>\n              <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"js-article__body\" class=\"article__body article-wrap at16-col16 barrons-article-wrap\" itemprop=\"articleBody\" data-sbid=\"WP-MKTW-0000747575\" role=\"document\">\n<div class=\"barrons-article-ad-wrapper\">\n<div data-track=\"barrons-article-ad-wrap\" class=\"barrons-article-ad sticky_item\">\n<div class=\"barrons-main-article-ad-target sticky_target body_ad\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div data-layout=\"\n                inline\" data-layout-mobile=\"\" class=\"\n          media-object\n          type-InsetArticleReader\n              \n              inline\n  article__inset\n          article__inset--type-InsetArticleReader\n              article__inset--inline\n  \"><\/p>\n<div class=\"media-object-article-reader\">\n<div class=\"audioplayer\" data-sbid=\"WP-MKTW-0000747575\" role=\"region\" aria-label=\"Listen to Article\" tabindex=\"-1\" id=\"articlereader\" data-show-title=\"false\" 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He has a side hustle making Scandinavian knives; he\u2019s a high school volunteer mountain bike coach in Minneapolis; and he\u2019s board chair of the nonprofit National Center for Youth Development. <\/p>\n<p> He\u2019s also a boomerang employee.<\/p>\n<div class=\"paywall\">\n       What is a boomerang employee? The typical boomerang voluntarily left their employer and eventually decides to return. Boomerangs come back after putting in time at other organizations, or they may return to their company after retiring. (Think legendary quarterback Tom Brady and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, although his \u201cretirement\u201d lasted only six weeks.) <\/p>\n<p><strong>Read:<\/strong> U.S. economy gains 431,000 jobs in March and wages surge again as labor market \u2018powers ahead\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Boomerangs include all adult workers at different stages in their career, but the option of returning to a previous employer is often particularly attractive to experienced workers 50 years and older, as well as recent retirees.<\/p>\n<p>Take Thorson\u2019s experience. He worked for Pictura Graphics in Golden Valley, Minn., early in his career as an account executive. Pictura specialized in creating custom graphics for conventions and trade shows. Thorson left 18 years ago\u2013around the time his oldest son was born\u2014to work on the creative side with various advertising and branding agencies. Pictura\u2019s longtime owner recruited Thorson during the pandemic to join his new leadership team. Thorson accepted (and his oldest son is off to college in the fall).<\/p>\n<p>He has a wealth of accumulated experience to bring to the job. Thorson primarily focuses on improving scheduling and workflow to get jobs done in an orderly manner. The company has significantly expanded its graphic design products, services, and customer base since he last worked there. \u201cI came back in a completely different role, and with <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/technology\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"4\" title=\"Technology\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">technology<\/a> the company has changed,\u201d he says. \u201cI\u2019ve always said, \u2018if I\u2019m not learning I\u2019m not growing.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The data on boomerangs is scattered and not particularly deep, but it\u2019s safe to say the practice is on the rise with the tight labor market. For example, LinkedIn looked at the activity on its professional platform and calculated boomerangs accounted for 4.5% of all new hires among companies in 2021, up from 3.9% in 2019. Surveys in recent years suggest rehires account for 10% to 20% of all hires. Simply put, companies need skilled employees.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think it\u2019s a good strategy, maintaining good relations with employees and letting them know that they are welcomed back,\u201d says David Delong, president of the consulting firm Smart Workforce Strategies and author of several books, including \u201cLost Knowledge: Confronting the Threat of an Aging Workforce.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>There are several advantages for employers to hiring former employees, especially experienced workers. For one thing, they understand the organization\u2019s culture. For another, boomerangs have gained insights from working elsewhere and they can bring new ideas into the company. <\/p>\n<div id=\"cx-membership-tile\"><\/div>\n<p>That is the experience of Ashish Shah, president of Forgeahead Solutions, and information technology services and consulting firm headquartered in Mountain View, Calif., with most of its employees in India. Shah has long practiced staying in touch with former employees and, if they eventually come back, he finds their added know-how a real benefit. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve always believed boomerang employees are our best employees,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n<p>His experience isn\u2019t unusual. At least that\u2019s the conclusion of a study published by five scholars last year in the Academy of Management Journal<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/journals.aom.org\/doi\/10.5465\/amj.2019.1340\" class=\"icon none\">. \u201cIn With the Old? Examining When Boomerang Employees Outperform New Hires<\/a>\u201d the scholars looked into data covering more than 2,000 boomerang hires and 10,000 new hires over an eight-year period in a large (unidentified) healthcare organization. They found that boomerangs often outperformed new hires because of their familiarity with how to get things done in an organization. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cSpecifically, we argue that boomerangs differ from all other hiring sources because, when they enter the organization, they are already familiar with the <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">social<\/a> system, norms and routines governing the coordination of work and flow of resources in the firm,\u201d they write.<\/p>\n<p>For employees thinking about leaving a company, it makes sense to actively stay in contact with former bosses and colleagues. Network with people you know at your former company. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou want them to see you. Find a way to keep you in their minds,\u201d says Ramien R. Pierre, director for the Institute for Leadership Development and Research for the Executive Leadership Council, a nonprofit organization dedicated to placing Blacks into C-Suite jobs at Fortune 500 companies. \u201cYou want to know about what the opportunities might be.\u201d Pierre wrote his Ph. D dissertation on boomerang employees at NASA\u2019s Goddard Space Flight Center. <\/p>\n<p>Recent retirees can also think about becoming boomerangs. The track for highly skilled employees to come out of retirement is common in knowledge-based industries, such as consulting. A growing number of companies in other industries have established formal programs that rehire retirees for projects, to fill for vacations, and other tasks. Other companies rely on informal arrangements. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think if means that individuals who are considering coming back to work think about going to their previous employer,\u201d says JR Keller, assistant professor at Cornell University\u2019s School of Industrial and Labor Relations and co-author of the boomerang paper published Academy of Management Journal.<\/p>\n<p>The current tight labor market is pushing managements to embrace rehiring former employees. \u201cThey\u2019re desperate for talent,\u201d says DeLong, and if the competition for employees remains fierce, the boomerang phenomenon is good for management looking for workers, for workers desiring a better job, and retirees seeking to return to the job market. <\/p>\n<p>Sounds like a win-win situation, doesn\u2019t it?<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"byline article__byline\">\n<p>    <span>By<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"author mobile-scrim hasMenu\" data-scrim='{\"type\":\"author\",\"header\":\"Chris Farrell\",\"subhead\":\"The Wall Street Journal\",\"list\":[{\"type\":\"link\",\"icon\":\"bio\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.marketwatch.com\/topics\/journalists\/chris-farrell\",\"text\":\"Biography\"},{\"type\":\"link\",\"icon\":\"twitter\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cfarrellecon\",\"text\":\"@cfarrellecon\"},{\"type\":\"link\",\"icon\":\"email\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/www.marketwatch.com\/news\/mailto:Cfarrell@mpr.org\",\"text\":\"Cfarrell@mpr.org\"}]}' itemscope itemprop=\"author\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/Person\">\n<h4 itemprop=\"name\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Chris_Farrell\"><\/span>Chris Farrell<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<p><ufc-follow-author-widget product=\"marketwatch\" author-id=\"260_MW\" author-name=\"Chris Farrell\" signin-url=\"https:\/\/accounts.marketwatch.com\/login?target=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.marketwatch.com%2Fstory%2Femployers-are-welcoming-back-these-boomerang-workers-11648826323%3Frss%3D1%26siteid%3Drss\" panda-api=\"https:\/\/follow-api.marketwatch.com\"><\/ufc-follow-author-widget><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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