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Older workers fill growing role in workforce (access required)

by Brad Carlson
Published: October 1,2007
Time posted: 1:00 am

People 55 and older comprise a valuable and quickly growing portion of Idaho’s workforce, state labor officials reported during National Employ Older Workers Week Sept. 23-29.But construction field superintendent Harold Jordan, 61, and nurse Vera Fink, 75, weren’t thinking about any of that last week.They were too busy working.“I enjoy what I do and my ...



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