Changes in America's jobs market appear to be happening by the month, but one of the long-term trends is the willingness of the Baby Boom generation to continue working past what some consider retirement age.
Even that has been changing, with 66 or 67 now considered the beginning of the Social Security years, up from age 65 for the older "Silent Generation," and with 70 now being the age of full retirement for Social Security benefits.
But the continued presence of Boomers in the workplace is impeding the progress of Generation Z, the group now struggling to work their way up the career ladder, who are finding a plastic ceiling above them because some of the top jobs are still filled with people in their 60s and even 70s.
Business consultant Duane Deason says changes in business are sometimes slow, and with the US unemployment rate still "in the 4s," right now "we don't have enough Americans to fill all the jobs that are available so I'm thankful that the Baby Boomers are hanging in there."