Patrick Testin: “Our population that's 65 or older are set to retire, and our…”

“I mean, I've often said if a help wanted sign was a political candidate, they'd feel really good on election day that they're going to win. But the truth is that as our demographics age, Our population that's 65 or older are set to retire, and our birth rates haven't been at replacement levels since the 1970s. We are behind the eight ball. So if we're not doing what we can to retain the workforce that we have and retool and retrain individuals and also attract from outside of the state, we're going to remain struggling for our employers.” (09:04–09:09)

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