2008 employ the older worker week news advisory

County of Los Angeles Community and Senior Services Office of Communications 3175 W. 6th Street, Suite 302 – Los Angeles, CA 90020 http://css.lacounty.gov

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                                                  Contact: Pat Senette-Holt         

September 17, 2008                                                                                                        psenette@css.lacounty.gov

                                                                                                       Fax: (213) 427-6104

NEWS RELEASE

 

GOVERNOR SCHWARZENEGGER PROCLAIMS

SEPTEMBER 21-27 AS “EMPLOY OLDER WORKERS WEEK” IN CALIFORNIA

 

Community and Senior Services/Area Agency on Aging Encourages Employers to Hire Older Workers - Valuable Resource

LOS ANGELES COUNTY—Community and Senior Services (CSS) joins the State of California in recognizing September 21-27, 2008 as “Employ Older Workers Week” in California to highlight the importance of recognizing the talents of this population in keeping California competitive in a rapidly changing global market.

“In addition to honoring the older worker, ‘Employ Older Workers Week’ also acknowledges the many public and private organizations that actively recruit and employ older workers. I encourage employers and community leaders to hire workers from this valuable pool of candidates,” said Schwarzenegger.

“It makes good business sense to hire experienced older workers,” says Cynthia Banks, Director, CSS/Area Agency on Aging.  “Older workers are valued for having a good work ethic and for providing experience, knowledge and dependability in the workplace,” she added.

Retirement patterns are changing among America’s 78 million baby boomers and this trend is expected to result in an unprecedented number of mature workers participating in the workforce in the 21^st Century.  According to a U.S. Bureau of Labor report, one in five (20 percent) of all U.S. workers will be 55 or older by 2015. Studies have shown that approximately 80 percent of baby boomers plan on working past age 65.

National “Employ Older Workers Week” has been observed in California since 1959.  It is celebrated annually throughout the nation during the last full week of September.

LOCAL OLDER WORKER CELEBRATION EVENTS

 

WorkSOURCE CENTER (WSC) LOCATION	EVENT	DATE	TIME
SASSFA 10400 Pioneer Blvd  Santa Fe Springs, CA	Workshop & Certificates Presentation	Thursday Sep. 18, 2008	1:00pm-3:00pm
Compton Career-Link WSC 700 North Bullis Rd Compton, CA	Senior Worker Presentation	Thursday Sep. 25, 2008	1:00pm-3:00pm
Hub-Cities WSC 2677 Zoe Ave.  Huntington Park, CA	Older Worker Workshop	Thursday Sep. 25, 2008	9:00am-12:00pm
Long Beach Pacific Gateway 3447 Atlantic Ave Long Beach, CA	Senior Workshop	Friday Sep. 26, 2008	9:00am-2:00pm
Lancaster WSC 1420 West Ave I Lancaster, CA	Senior Workshop	Monday Sep. 29, 2008	10:00am-1:00pm
South Valley WSC 1817 East Ave Q Palmdale, CA	(will collaborate with Lancaster WSC) Senior Workshop	Monday Sep. 29, 2008	10:00am-1:00pm
Central San Gabriel WSC 11635 East Valley Blvd. El Monte, CA	Older Worker Workshop	Tuesday Sep. 30, 2008	10:00am-12:00pm
LA Works WSC South Coast Air Quality Management District 21865 Copley Dr., Diamond Bar, CA	Older & Wiser Unlimited Experience	Wednesday Oct. 1, 2008	8:00am-2:00pm

 

 

 

For more information regarding the Senior Community Service Employment Program, contact Maria Mata at (213) 351-8916.  Visit the CSS website at http://css.lacounty.gov

 

 

 

 

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