Sunday, April 16, 2006
In a smart initiative that is likely to spread to other states, Arkansas has launched a program designed to help older workers stay in the workforce.
With the retirement of the Baby Boom generation, we are facing significant worker shortages. We are losing skills that are younger workers are not able to replace. Read more.
Worker shortages are becoming more and more apparent. The problem is that we are training to few young people to move into postsecondary training and careers. Too many young people are dropping out of school or graduating from high school with weak skills and no career plans. As a consequence, we have too few workers with postsecondary training needed to fill our higher income jobs.
You can learn more about this situation by reading the book, The 2010 Meltdown..
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Arkansas focuses on older workers
