There has been much talk of older employees returning to school in order to upgrade their job skills. With the changing paradigm in the job market, job seekers of all ages have decided it is time for serious retraining. The more senior employees, especially, those who have been out of school for awhile, are attending classes in all the more contemporary job disciplines.
Small wonder then the University of Phoenix garnered an astounding 4.7 Billion web looks, in June. This ranked University of Phoenix as second in unique visitors, according to an article from the Center for Media Research. The need for retraining and upgrading job skills is a trend that will continue for some time. It has already been reported that we will be changing our careers at least several times over the course of our lives.
With the dwindling poor for skilled employees and with most people looking for ways to supplement their retirement, more people will be working further into their lives. The fact that we are living longer also plays a part on the length of a career. Let’s face it, while some of us relish the time off, retiring at 65 and living until your 85 means either twenty years of leisure or starting a new career. Despite the fantasy of all the thigns we are going to do with our new found leisure, most of us our bored within a rleatively short period.
So it’s back to school and back to work. Makes sense. There isn’t much on TV, anyway.
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