What is the knowledge worker shortage?
At least 78 million boomers will be retiring in the next 2-5 years and many are knowledge workers. In addition, fewer college students are going into the engineering and/or environmental fields because of perceived unfavorable corporate culture and lower salaries. Also, the national high school drop-out rate is 30%. Finally, according to a article on the top 50 best jobs: environmental scientist was number 45. All of these factors have combined to create a knowledge worker shortage. Experts say Engineering will be in the top 5 industries hardest hit by the shortage.
