AARP Reports on Employment and Work Environment
2006 Alabama Member Opinion Survey
Health and money rank highest among all of the legislative issue and personal concern areas cited by the 892 Alabama AARP members participating in this 2006 in-depth mail assessment of their opinions and interests. (43 pages)
April 30, 2007
By: Anita Stowell-Ritter, AARP Knowledge Management
What Older Workers Want: A Survey of AARP Members in New Mexico
The current employment status of New Mexico AARP members, their plans about what to do about the retirement question, reasons for continuing to work or look for work, and experiences with potentially discriminatory acts are examined in this October 2006 telephone survey of 800 members between age 50 and 70. (26 pages)
February 28, 2007
By: Cassandra Cantave Burton, AARP Knowledge Management; Joanne Binette, M.P.A., AARP Knowledge Management
AARP Bulletin Poll on Workers 50+: Executive Summary
As the nation celebrated Labor Day 2007, the AARP Bulletin revealed the results of the AARP-commissioned national poll of 510 workers age 50+ which explored employment status, expected retirement age, job satisfaction, as well as workers’ experiences and opinions on age-based discrimination in the workplace. (5 pages)
September 1, 2007
By: Dawn V. Nelson, AARP Knowledge Management
Preparing for an Aging Workforce: A Focus on Delaware Businesses
While 62 percent of Delaware employers with at least 20 full-time employees are aware of the likelihood of experiencing shortages of qualified workers in the next five years due to older employees retiring, this late 2006 AARP telephone survey finds 26 percent consciously taking steps to prepare and only 12 percent offering incentives to encourage workers to stay. (24 pages)
February 28, 2007
By: Katherine Bridges, M.G.S., AARP Knowledge Management; David Cicero, AARP Knowledge Management
Preparing for an Aging Workforce: A Focus on New York Businesses
What New York employers are thinking and doing about aging workforce issues, including the extent of their efforts to recruit or retain older workers and protect organizational knowledge, are examined in this late 2006 AARP survey of 400 employers across the state. (22 pages)
May 22, 2007
By: Katherine Bridges, M.G.S., AARP Knowledge Management; David Cicero, AARP Knowledge Management
White Collar, Blue Collar, Gray Hair: The Changing Composition Of Georgia's Workforce
If Georgia employers are to maintain their competitive edge, employers may need to embrace a new vision of how work is done as they reach out to mature workers. This AARP compendium of employment projections, specific occupational profiles, and job trend indicators provides a guide to the changing world of work in Georgia. (205 pages)
May 23, 2007
By: Anita Stowell-Ritter, AARP Knowledge Management
Employment Planning for an Aging Workforce: Results from an AARP California Survey of Employers
Are California employers thinking about how changing labor force demographics, like an aging workforce trend, will affect business? This AARP survey of 514 Golden State employers with 50 or more employees tells what they’re doing now and what they’re thinking about doing next. (17 pages)
June 5, 2007
By: Jennifer H. Sauer, M.A., AARP Knowledge Management
Looking Toward an Older Workforce: A Focus on New Mexico Employers
While most employers in New Mexico are aware that they are likely to experience shortages of qualified workers in the next five years due to older employees retiring, this late 2006 AARP survey of businesses with three or more workers finds only 24 percent beginning to prepare for it. (39 pages)
April 11, 2007
By: Regina Sims, AARP Knowledge Management; Joanne Binette, M.P.A., AARP Knowledge Management
Perceptions of an Aging Workforce Trend
American businesses’ awareness of potential labor shortages due to baby boomers retiring with fewer younger workers following close behind – and what their organizations are doing to prepare – are examined in these November-December 2006 AARP surveys of 400 employers in each of several states.
February 28, 2007
By: Jennifer H. Sauer, M.A., AARP Knowledge Management; David Cicero, AARP Knowledge Management
Survey of AARP Nevada Members
This mail survey was conducted by AARP to explore AARP Nevada members' personal concerns and the issues they view as top legislative priorities for AARP Nevada to work on with the State, as well as volunteerism, work or career and retirement plans, health care needs and expenditures, and utility/energy costs and services.
February 28, 2007
By: Jennifer H. Sauer, M.A., AARP Knowledge Management; Brittne M. Nelson, M.S., AARP Knowledge Management
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Source: An AARP Bulletin Poll: Future of Newspapers; March 2010
