A Changing Workforce

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The paper describes the gap between employers and aging baby boomers and suggests how it can be bridged in a mutually fruitful manner. The paper then touches upon the issue of diversity and reveals that the percentage of those belonging to racial and ethnic minorities is expected to increase. The paper also deals with the issue of immigration and managers' claim that although it is illegal, they need the labor pool of immigrant workers. The paper concludes that regardless of the challenge, the basic criterion for assessing applicants must remain professional competence.

From the Paper:

"First of all, the aging population requires a "re-engineering" of the recruitment process especially due to the so-called baby boomers - the largest generation in US, encompassing individuals born between 1946 and 1964. This generation is said to be quite atypical because of the many changes it brought about due to breaking with tradition, rebelling against authority, initiating different movements and positively changing the workplace. Additionally, this age segment continues to preserve its atypical allure because of the attitude displayed towards retirement. More exactly, baby boomers reject the idea of suddenly ending their careers and being replaced as an old piece from a machinery that will go on working. On the contrary, for them, age doesn't represent a barrier as they obstinately refuse to get old."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Amble, B (2006). Baby boomers look to a working retirement. On the Internet at: http://www.management-issues.com/2006/8/24/research/baby-boomers-look-to-a-working-retirement.asp Retrieved March 22, 2008.
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