America’s workforce is facing a generational imbalance as the population ages and baby boomers move toward retirement. Industrialized countries, including the U.S., Canada, France, and Italy, are projected to have workers age 55 and older make up more than 25% of the workforce by 2031. This shift is expected to widen the gap between retiring workers and available younger replacements. Differences in career ambitions among Gen Z and millennials compared with earlier generations contribute to shortages in skilled trades, manufacturing, and healthcare. Demographic change is presented as a major driver alongside other workplace pressures, and AI is suggested as a potential tool to help address labor constraints.
"“We're entering a new phase of a great mismatch,” Gudell recently said onstage at Fortune's Workplace Innovation Summit. “We're going to have workers in places we actually don't want workers, and we're going to have to reallocate a whole bunch of jobs to other people, and that's going to cause a little bit of pain.”"
"The Indeed economist explains that most industrialized countries are going through the shift. Among the Group of Seven countries with advanced economies-including the U.S., Canada, France, and Italy-workers 55 and up will make up more than 25% of the workforce by 2031, about 10% higher than in 2011, according to an analysis from Bain. And as more baby boomers ( representing 15% of the U.S. workforce) drift into retirement, younger generations won't be able to fill in the gap."
"Plus, the career ambitions of Gen Z and millennial workers differ from those of their predecessors-and it's creating a supply gap in some industries like skilled trades, manufacturing, and healthcare. “It's really important to also recognize that there's lots of stuff happening right now-it's not just AI,” Gudell continued. “Demographic change is a huge one that's knocking on our door right now.”"
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