and the number of new entrants into the workforce will be insufficient to replace the baby-boomers should they retire (McIntosh, 2000). As a consequence of the intersection of these two trends that is projected to occur in 2010, employers will be forced to attempt to recruit older workers to fill their human resource requirements.
While the changing demographics associated with age are creating problems with which employers must be prepared to deal by 2010, other significant trends also are occurring. One of the more important of these other trends is the continuing change in the educational and skills requirements for employment. Most of the new jobs created between 2000 and 2010 are projected to require higher levels of education and skills in the areas of management, professional expertise, and the ability to apply technology. This trend toward every increasing educational and skills demands is expected to intersect with the trend in education in the
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