Did you know that . . . Major changes are expected to occur in the workforce over the next 15 to 25 years. Females will increase while males decline. There will be more workers aged 45 to 55. 5. Aging does not measurably diminish people s ability to think or to physically perform most jobs.
Personality traits remain stable throughout an individual s life.
This frequently involves elimination of middle management positions, mostly filled by veteran employees, in the name of cost efficiency. The belief that it is fair to hire or promote a younger worker over an older worker because the younger person has more years of service to give to the employer. The belief that younger workers with families have greater economic need and should be hired or promoted over older workers. The belief that older workers have greater absenteeism and should therefore not be hired or promoted. The belief that older workers have higher accident rates and should thus not be hired or promoted.