The United States population will increase by fifty percent with half of the population consisting of different minority group by 2050, the number of elderly or older citizens will double ("Futurework - Trends and Challenges for Work in the 21st Century - U.S. DOL," n.d.). American’s are living in an economy driven by new and changing technology ("Futurework - Trends and Challenges for Work in the 21st Century - U.S. DOL," n.d.). Business’s that take advantage of diversity will have an edge because they will be able to speak different languages and understand the various cultures. Organizations that have a large diversified group of employees have the chance to maintain economic growth by using the new human capital resources ("Futurework - Trends and Challenges for Work in the 21st Century - U.S. DOL," n.d.).…show more content… The growing use and dependency of computers and the Internet will become universal and the tasks carried out will rise ("Futurework - Trends and Challenges for Work in the 21st Century - U.S. DOL," n.d.). Technology will continue to grow and add new equipment, programs and have the communication will be faster, but this will also bring on the need to redefine and reorganize employees work duties. Global competition will keep growing and will affect jobs in the United States by creating new skilled jobs and unfortunately lowering the demand for the less skilled work ("Futurework - Trends and Challenges for Work in the 21st Century - U.S. DOL,"
