Blogs about: Older Workers

Featured Blog

ILCUK issues a Provocation: Extending Working Lives

Rebecca Whiting wrote 2 days ago: The International Longevity Centre UK, supported by funds from NESTA, has just published a Provocati … more →

Tags: In The News, ILCUK, NESTA, Retirement, state pension age, working longer

No workplace age discrimination legislation in Bermuda

Rebecca Whiting wrote 4 days ago: According to the Bermuda Sun, the Government in Bermuda has not included age discrimination in the w … more →

Tags: In The News, Age Discrimination, Bermuda

University of Melbourne and Brotherhood of St Laurence study into ageing and employment

adageblog wrote 5 days ago: If you live in or around South Western Sydney, the Gold Coast, or South Eastern Melbourne and are ha … more →

Tags: Older People, survey, Unemployment

Illness, wellness & engagement at work

michaelsainsbury wrote 5 days ago: John Travis provides a useful model for considering the continuum of health across a spectrum that r … more →

Tags: Wellness, age-friendly, mature workers, retention, Workplace Wellness, engagement

Economic growth and thinking outside the box2 comments

Art Powell wrote 5 days ago: This column in The Economist leaves me feeling extremely uncomfortable because it speaks for all tho … more →

Tags: Economics, Growth, the ECONOMIST, Business, Politics, Current Events, Innovation, Outside the box, Productivity

Active Ageing in the European Union

inmyprime wrote 5 days ago: Anyone interested in the field of age and work may be interested in this new book which explores the … more →

Tags: ageing, Books, Pensions, Research, Work

Politics is 'a game played on the media which abhors age'

Rebecca Whiting wrote 5 days ago: This is the view of MP Austin Mitchell, as reported here in The Telegraph. The article is in fact ba … more →

Tags: In The News, Age, austin mitchell, House of Commons

USA: Employers looking for ‘Seasoned’ Management Talent1 comment

Admin wrote 1 week ago: …companies are aggressively pursuing professionals sixty-five and older for leadership and mentoring … more →

Tags: HR-related, Job Search, Recruitment, 65 and older, Baby Boomers, Canada, Compensation, Demand, Demographic

Generation gap & workplace culture

michaelsainsbury wrote 2 weeks ago: Chronological age and perceptions around age are interesting, particularly in the context of work an … more →

Tags: Age-friendly workplace, age-friendly, mature workers, retention, Australia, Retirement, Workforce

Is early retirement history? Prof Philip Taylor considers

Rebecca Whiting wrote 2 weeks ago: In this article Professor Philip Taylor considers whether we have seen the end of early retirement, … more →

Tags: In The News, philip taylor, Retirement

Working Longer: the case of health professionals

Rebecca Whiting wrote 2 weeks ago: With longer working lives looking likely for many people,  this item on the AAMC website examines th … more →

Tags: In The News, working longer, health professionals

The market turns over-we make a decision

jbgbiz wrote 2 weeks ago: I still wake up and cant believe what has happened. I lived a life of working hard, and here I am … more →

Tags: foreclosure, bankruptcy, over 5o worker, job loss, short sale, Great Recession

How 2 College Educated hard-working people ended up on the brink of financial ruin- First Post7 comments

jbgbiz wrote 2 weeks ago: It is still hard for me to grasp how we came to this pass.  How did the words Foreclosure and short … more →

Tags: foreclosure, over 5o worker, job loss, short sale, Great Recession, bankruptcy

Is age discrimination different?

Rebecca Whiting wrote 2 weeks ago: Interesting article here in the FT today comparing age discrimination claims to those in relation to … more →

Tags: In The News, Age Discrimination, legitimate aim

No rest for the wicked (or old): Older workers remaining in the workforce

oneshiftjobs wrote 2 weeks ago: The baby boomers are reaching the official retirement age of 65 but reports state that this generati … more →

Tags: OneShift, Jobs, Retirees, Vacancies'

KEEPING UP WITH THE OFFICE

powershiftmarketing wrote 3 weeks ago: Research reveals that older workers have accumulated knowledge that is hard to replace. But accordin … more →

Tags: Marketing, powershift marketing, Wall St. Journal, younger workers

Older Workers Hearing Call of Workplace More Than Golf Course

carmen883 wrote 3 weeks ago: Older workers hearing call of workplace more than golf course (via Ventura County Star) Photo by Jua … more →

Tags: Mental Health News, continuing education hours, online continuing education hours, senior citizen workers

How to answer behaviourally-based interview questions - for older job seekers (or anyone)1 comment

Patricia Laurenson wrote 3 weeks ago: If you haven’t had a job interview for a while, you may find that the expectations have change … more →

Tags: plan your career, How To Get A Job, Advice, CV, interviews

Generations at work - are there any differences?

Rebecca Whiting wrote 3 weeks ago: One of the recurrent themes in our data has been the notion of ‘generations’ (e.g. Baby … more →

Tags: In The News, generations, younger workers, Pricewaterhouse Coopers


Related Tags
All →

Follow this tag via RSS