In my company, which has quite a few Baby Boomers working for it, has started to hit the bulk of the Boomer retirement curve. In my case, 20% of the Boomer age staff at my level has retired or is announcing they will retire in the next year.

For those in IT, make sure your skills are up to date and ready for that next step as the vacuum needs to be filled.

Those holes need to be filled, and they are weighted to the top. That means Gen X and early Millennials are poised to move up to fill those slots and in turn will create more open slots.

Be prepared. Look for opportunities. This could be your break into Sysadmin, Developer, Architect or whatever next step you are considering.

If you have not already, cultivate mentors in that next step, they will alert you to opportunities that are coming up so you are first in the door when they do. Not just in your company, but network to other companies as well via LinkedIn and possibly Meetup.

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Be ready when opportunity arises... half of being lucky is being prepared for when it strikes.