A report on a survey of mature job seekers was released mid December by 2 organisations active in the recruitment industry, Adage and Ellis Jones. A survey of over 1000 mature workers revealed some pretty depressing findings, which were –
• 79% believe employers don‘t value mature workers more than they did 5 years ago
• 61% of respondents were motivated by financial return as they head into retirement
• Flexible work times most important benefit but experienced in workplaces of only 39%
• Older workers ignoring Facebook and Twitter social networks when job seeking
• 27% had been looking for job for over 24 months
Clearly the majority of employers haven’t yet got the message that the large group of workers over 50 can provide a major part of the solution to the shortage of skilled workers that we hear so much about.