Older Adult Learners in the Workforce

Ford, Ruth; Orel, Nancy A.

doi:10.1177/0894845305279165

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“…Unique worker groups like this will need targeted advocacy; for example, unemployed older adults may need stronger social safety nets as they transition into retirement. Additionally, older adults who aim to reenter the workforce may have specific counseling needs such as skill-building in emerging technologies (Ford & Orel, 2005).…”

Section: Unemploymentmentioning

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Career Development Impacts of COVID-19: Practice and Policy Recommendations

Autin

Blustein

Ali

et al. 2020

Journal of Career Development

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The advent of the COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in drastic changes to employment around the globe. In the present article, we identify four emerging impacts of the pandemic and how career development professionals might respond through policy and practice. Specifically, we focus on four distinct but related domains: unemployment, worker mental health, the work–family interface, and employment disparities. For each domain, we offer recommendations for policy and practice with the hope that career development professionals might reframe the COVID-19 crisis as an opportunity for a renewed commitment to supporting worker well-being.

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Section: Unemploymentmentioning

confidence: 99%

Career Development Impacts of COVID-19: Practice and Policy Recommendations

Autin

Blustein

Ali

et al. 2020

Journal of Career Development

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“…For individuals, longer lives and better health in later life provide opportunities for prolonging workforce participation. There is considerable evidence that participation in meaningful and appropriate work is beneficial to the physical, psychological and financial well-being of older people (Hinterlong, Morrow-Howell and Rozario, 2007;Ford and Orel, 2005;Jaworski, 2005). In other words, it is part of active ageing, and age discrimination is a barrier to achieving these desirable objectives.…”

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Age discrimination in the workplace

Davey¹

2014

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Age discrimination is often cited as a barrier to participation in work by older people, and the workplace provides the most common grounds for complaints of this nature. Age discrimination predominantly affects older rather than younger groups (although the latter are not exempt), and is often based on myths and stereotyped attitudes about older people and older workers which can be easily refuted (Davey, 2007; Alpass and Mortimer, 2007; Gray and McGregor, 2003). Age discrimination as an issue in the workplace is not new. It was well documented in Janice Burns’ literature review on mature workers for the Department of Work and Income in 2001 (Burns, 2001) and by Justina Murray in her review of age discrimination in employment, commissioned by the New Zealand Human Rights Commission in 2002 (Murray, 2002). In 2006 the EEO Trust’s Work and Age Survey Report showed that 31% of respondents had experienced age discrimination at work (EEO Trust, 2006).

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“…This cadre of workers is still in demand since lower fertility and birth rates of Generation X'ers, Generation Y'ers and Millennials have not filled the demand for skilled workers. Baby boomers are filling this gap (Czaja & Moen, 2004;Ford & Orel, 2005). Jobs requiring high cognitive skills and solid interpersonal capabilities increased about 35% between 1971 and 2006 (Johnson, et al 2011).…”

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Using Technology to Retain Baby Boomers in the Workforce

Salb¹

2015

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Many Baby Boomers (born between 1946 and 1964) are reaching retirement age at the rate of 8000 a day (AARP 2014). Yet, they still have a desire to remain in the workforce and remain active in their professional environment. Over the years they have developed the strong skills and expertise that industry needs. However, some of these cohorts have several age-related limitations that may be of concern to employers. This paper examines some of the technology solutions available to permit this group to remain productive and active in the workforce.

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Older Adult Learners in the Workforce

Cited by 21 publications

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Career Development Impacts of COVID-19: Practice and Policy Recommendations

Career Development Impacts of COVID-19: Practice and Policy Recommendations

Age discrimination in the workplace

Using Technology to Retain Baby Boomers in the Workforce

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