Senior Employment Services
Through the Experience Works Program
- Age is an asset!
- Experience, a benefit!
- Hire An Older Worker!
Older Workers:
Yesterday
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Age 59: Michelangelo begins final Sistene Chapel painting
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Age 62: Isaac Newton becomes first knighted scientist
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Age 76: Nelson Mandela is elected president of South Africa
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Age 77: John Glenn mans second space flight
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Age 78: Grandma Moses sells first painting
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Age 78: Ben Franklin invents bifocal lenses
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Age 85: Giuseppe Verdi composes "Ave Maria"
Today
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The number of Americans age 65 or older still working or looking for work has grown by 50 percent since 1980
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60% of American age 55 - 64 are still working
Tomorrow
- It is estimated that 20% of the workforce are age 55 or older
- By 2030, the population of people age 65 or older will double in 26 states
Need more information? Contact Bobbie Bates (254) 400-2770 or bobbie_bates@experienceworks.org.
