Rick VanderKnyff

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61 appearances 2 recordings 1 series first heard Jun 2026 last heard 23 Jul

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NerdWallet's Smart Money Podcast · What Couples Miss When Going Down to One Income · 23 Jul 2026 podcast

Hey, it's good to be back, Elizabeth and Sean.

Big demographic shifts have been reshaping the workforce in recent years, with lower birth rates at one end and a record number of Americans hitting age 65 at the other.

And to talk about what's happening in the workforce, we've invited Gary A. Officer, president and CEO of CWI Works, a national nonprofit focused on job training and employment opportunities for older job seekers.

Hey, Gary, welcome.

Can you give us the elevator pitch on CWI Works and what it does?

What are some of the long-term trends we're seeing in the workforce?

What has changed and what's driving it?

In this moment, what does the workforce look like right now for Americans over 50?

Let's talk about people who are working right now.

We had a chance to talk a couple of years ago, and at the time you talked about three main groups among older workers, people who work by financial necessity, by cultural habit, their work is important to their identity.

And people who continue working because health coverage is tied to the job, is that still kind of the right way to look at it?

There's been a lot of reporting lately about unretirement, which I think specifically talks about people who have found work, but it sounds like there's a lot of unrealized demand for people who would like to reenter the workforce primarily for financial reasons, but something's holding them back.

We have a big wave of baby boomers retiring.

We have lower birth rates at one end of the scale, so fewer younger workers.

We're putting the lid on immigration.

What does this point to longer term for the workforce?

So Americans are living longer now and subsequently many of us need to work longer.

Are there programs in place that help older workers retrain and retool for an evolving workforce?

I know that's one of your big focuses.

So I definitely qualify as an older worker, but I mostly sit behind a desk.

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