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Re: Demand for archivists and records managers in the21st century



Yes, I understand that. My comment was not intended as criticism, but to elucidate another point of view--namely that we are also losing young professionals to other careers for a variety of reasons, and not all of them are tied to money.  
Some younger professionals get frustrated when advancement seems glacial, or even forlorn.  Many younger folks seem capable of handling far more than we old sods are willing to give them.


Donald H. Dyal, PhD, CA
Kelsey Professor and Director
Cushing Library
Texas A&M University
College Station, TX 77843-5000
(979) 845 1951
(979) 845 1441 FAX
d-dyal@tamu.edu

>>> kingr@U.ARIZONA.EDU 10/26/00 10:22AM >>>


Donald Dyal wrote:

> I would disagree, in part.  I believe that there is something wrong with people staying in the workforce for longer and longer periods.  While such greybeards may provide stability and wizened perspective, they also make it difficult for younger, more energetic, experience-wanting folks to come to the fore.

Donald,
The problem being there ain't going to be any younger folks coming to the fore.  At least that is the demographic being presented by our HR folks.  As the baby boom generation bubble passes through the workforce need is expected to be higher than the number of young people entering the tube.  In technical fields especially there (is) will be a growing problem because younger US students avoiding science/math/engineering.  Congress just changed immigration laws to allow 500,000 foreign nationals in to take technical jobs because US business unwilling to train their current workers or other US citizens because they don't want to foot the bill.  Easier to let foreign nationals
train themselves (or let US taxpayers foot the bill through fee waivers) and then hire them.  Currently 3.5 active workers per retiree on Social Security (used to be six to one) soon to go to 2 to 1 and that will be insufficient to support SS.  Complicated question and I understand your position but demographics (and need for $) may encourage older workers to stay longer in the work force.  Dick King, University of Arizona

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