Senior Citizen Services

Hiring seniors makes sense!

  • Age is an asset!
  • Experience, a benefit!
  • Hire An Older Worker!

Older Workers:

Yesterday

  • Age 59:  Michelangelo begins final Sistene Chapel painting
  • Age 62:  Isaac Newton becomes first knighted scientist
  • Age 76:  Nelson Mandela is elected president of South Africa
  • Age 77:  John Glenn mans second space flight
  • Age 78:  Grandma Moses sells first painting
  • Age 78:  Ben Franklin invents bifocal lenses
  • Age 85:  Giuseppe Verdi composes "Ave Maria"


Today

  • The number of Americans age 65 or older still working or looking for work has grown by 50 percent since 1980
  • 60% of American age 55 - 64 are still working

Tomorrow

  • In 2010, it is estimated that 20% of the workforce will be 55 or older
  • By 2030, the population of people age 65 or older will double in 26 states

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