Workforce 2020

Workforce 2000 projections suggested that the new entrants, those primarily between 16 and 24, would decrease substantially and the work force would grow more slowly. The proportion of white members was expected to decline with an increase of minority population proportions. The work force composition was predicted to include more older workers and more women; people between 45 and 64 were expected to increase 25 percent or more (Goldstein & Gilliam, 1990).

The year 2000 was predicted to show a shift from manufacturing to service jobs; nine out of 10 new jobs would be in the service-producing industries. Jobs would show an increase in working with customers and clients rather than co-worker or product interaction. Statistics showed a growth rate of 12 percent more than overall employment growth in health care employment between 1992 and 2005. These entry-level jobs (service-oriented) are characterized by lower pay levels. Displaced manufacturing sector workers would find that they needed to learn new interpersonal and service skills, jus

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percent of potential caregivers (Arnwine, 1990). The National Council on Aging estimates that 12 percent of the current workforce assist elderly parents. By the year 2020, that number is expected to grow between 30 percent and 40 percent (Minehan, 1997). The number of college students under 25 grew around 3 percent between 1980 and 1990; enrollment of those 25 and older increased by 34 percent. By the year 2005, colleges will matriculate around four million more students annually than in 1985. The number of Americans pursuing graduate degrees is growing; growth is in computer science and engineering. Figures from the U.S. Statistical Abstract (1996) show that full-time workers with high school degrees earn $31,081 (average) per year; those with bachelor's degrees earn twice as much (Minehan, 1997). Computers, robotics, telecommunications, and other technologies are replacing humans in industry. By the year 2020, less than 2 percent of the global work force will be engaged in factory work, with the eventual elimination of blue-collar, mass assembly-line workers from production. Service-based companies are also automating. The Industrial Age is shifting to the Information Age (Rifkin, 1997). Employees Employees for the
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