Should companies actively recruit the older worker?
From where I sit, the answer is a resounding ?yes?, for a number of reasons.
First and foremost is the fact that as the ?baby boomer? generation reaches retirement, there will simply not be enough workers to replace them; the resulting labor shortage will be huge and must be filled.
Increasingly, this problem is being addressed by the United States as well as other countries in the world including Australia, the United Kingdom, and New Zealand. In many cases, the solution is to recruit and/or retain these baby boomers who invented the 60-hour work week. As many of them will say, ?We are not done yet.?
The reasons are many but the most prominent are:
- They want to work past retirement
- They are loyal
- They have a wealth of experience
- They want to stay active, both physically and mentally
- They are more settled and secure
Stay tuned for Part III?.
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