Silver Professionals

By hiring senior workers, government and private employers benefit by gaining employees who are trained, experienced, and dedicated. Senior workers also fill the void created by a shrinking workforce in the post-baby boom generation.
Providing senior jobs for a growing number of 50-plus adults in the workforce not only provides businesses and other organizations with experienced employees and offers senior workers income and personal satisfaction, it also strengthens the economy in other ways.
"Employing older workers can unlock the purchasing and creative power of millions of trainable employees and eager consumers," according to AARP Board Chairman Charles Leven.
"As people age, they continue to create demand for goods and services. This, in turn, creates jobs for people to produce those products and services. In the United States, people aged 50-plus control 75 percent of the nation's disposable income and own 77 percent of all personal financial assets."