Pennsylvania businesses are already seeking the talents of older workers far more aggressively. Butler noted that studies project 900,000 Pennsylvania workers in the age group 55 to 64 by the year 2005, an increase of 42 percent between 1994 and 2005. By the year 2005, we will have a quarter million working Pennsylvanians age 65 or over, and one in six Pennsylvania workers will be age 55 or over, he said. This is true even in these times of change, computerization and the competitive global marketplace.
Experience still counts.
You don't lose your work skills just because you reach some arbitrary age. He said Labor and Industry studies show that workers in the 25-34 age group will drop by about a quarter by the year 2005. We will have fewer freshly trained young people entering the labor market. The baby boom is giving way to the experience boom. Employers of the 21st century will be looking for older workers, but with updated skills to meet changing market demands.