This is the older worker week

The N.C Employment Security Commission encourages employers to recognize the attributes that older workers can bring to their businesses. These include loyalty and dedication employers to the company; commitment to doing quality work; dependability; solid performance record and experience in a job or industry; and the ability to get along with co-workers.
“The understanding of what an older worker is, who an older workers is and what they do is changing  in North Carolina’s economy,” said ESC Chairman Moses Carey, Jr. ” Older workers can also be looked at in terms of experience. That experience is absolutely vital to provide that link to continuation between North Carolina’s traditional economy and its new economy and to provide that linkage of work ethic that has allows the state’s economy to succeed for generations.”
The United States is witnessing dramatic growth in the number of citizens 55 and older. By 2014, 41% of Americans 55 or older will be employed, making up over 21% of the U.S Labor force. By 2030, more Americans  will be over the age of 65 than under 18. Most of these individuals will still be working-some out of necessity and some by choice. Consequently, as our state’s workforce becomes older and more experienced, North carolina employers will benefit from hiring older workers whose skills, work ethics and leadership will be reaching an aging customer base.