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Tackling ageism in recruitment

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Age-friendly employers

Many older workers feel they are at a disadvantage in applying for jobs because of their age. We want to eliminate bias in recruitment processes so that more people aged 50 and over can remain in work and employers can benefit from their skills and experience.

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Good Recruitment for Older Workers: A guide for employers (online version)

This recruitment guide sets out five key actions, with checklists designed to help your organisation to become a more age-inclusive employer.

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Ageism will lock older workers out of employment as furlough ends, experts warn

Employers could be missing out on the benefits of an intergenerational workforce, with the OECD finding that age diversity in the workforce could boost GDP by 19% in the next 30 years.

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Improving the recruitment of older workers

In this webinar we explored the recruitment of older workers both from the perspective of employers and workers, as well as the impact of language in job adverts.

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6 new things you need to know about older workers

Research from the IFS, funded by the Centre for Ageing Better, has found that employees over the age of 65 were 40% more likely to have been on furlough than those in their 40s.

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Mark’s voice - redundancy during a pandemic

Mark had been working at a telecommunications company for 24 years before being made redundant at the end of 2020, and at 55 was still a way off retirement.

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Inclusive language in job adverts a ‘win-win’ for employers and jobseekers

New report shows that only 5.5% of job adverts mention flexible working, which risks deterring both younger and older applicants.

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What can an 82-year-old Hamlet tell us about inclusivity in the workplace?

While A-list actors may be able to find work whatever their age, it’s a different story for ordinary older workers who face barriers to work right from the start.

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Age inclusive workforces: the business case and putting it into practice

Together with the OECD, employers and thought leaders, we explored how we can maximise the benefits of multi-generational workforces as the economy recovers from the COVID-19 pandemic.

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