The benefits of hiring older people

The Enterprise Doctor Business Show

Given that this is National Older Workers Week, it seemed a good time to chat with Claire Hawkins of Phoenix Group, who has just launched the ‘Good Work for Longer Lives’ report, highlighting the diverse challenges facing older workers in the UK, from a lack of readily available career advice, the impact of managing long-term ill health and caring responsibilities, and the lack of career progression hampering mental health and motivation.

As well as discussing the part that older people, employers, and indeed Government can play, we discussed age discrimination in job adverts and job specifications, caring responsibilities, and negative stereotypes about older people.

You can connect with Claire at https://www.linkedin.com/in/claire-hawkins-phoenix/ , the National Older Workers Week website is at https://www.nationalolderworkersweek.co.uk/ and the Phoenix Group site is at https://www.thephoenixgroup.com/.

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