As the job market improves, labor force pundits such as the Society for Human Resource Management and the Texas-based
professional employee organization Administaff predict that many employees will start looking for greener pastures. But that’s not the worst news for employers. According to Labor Secretary Elaine Chao’s 2001 State of the Workforce address, by the year 2008, the
number of workers aged 25 to 34 will decline by 2.7 million people.