They're a talent pool that too many workplaces are overlooking.
It’s chilling. Many employers give lip service to not being ageist, but don’t provide ramps to keep experienced workers on board. Nor do they hire them with open arms. Negative views persist about the cost of older workers, their stamina, their technological ability and their eagerness for learning new ways of doing things.
Then Irving encouraged me to check out a recently published research report by Mercer, a global consulting leader in advancing health, wealth and career, that shines a spot light on the pressing need for businesses to get age-ready. The specific request: “We would like you to discuss the challenges that Americans who work in retirement or plan to work in retirement may face and the value that older workers can add to the workplace.”
The researchers theorize that organizations are stuck in the notion that people want to retire in their early 60s and have the bucks to do so; and perhaps they mistakenly think there will be droves of younger workers pounding on their door. This is probably not the case in most developed countries since birthrates have fallen.
For now, though, there’s a vast disconnect between employers and employees when it comes to older workers.• Employers know that workers expect to work beyond age 65. Sixty-nine percent of employers agree with the statement, “Many employees at my company expect to work past age 65 or do not plan to retire,” and they are correct. Indeed, many workers expect to retire after age 65 or do not plan to retire .
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