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Top Five Reasons to Hire Older Workers
Everywhere you look, from fast food establishments to big box stores, companies are searching for employees. Unfortunately many of these businesses are overlooking a large percentage of workers because of their age. And while there isn’t a formal definition of when a person becomes classified as an older worker, generally it is thought to be when they are eligible to begin receiving Social Security retirement benefits. But that certainly doesn’t mean a person is ready to stop working
- Workers 62 years and older are still vibrant, physically active, mentally alert and in a 2010 Pew Research Center survey, over 75% of those polled cited a stronger work ethic as one of the biggest differences between the employable generations.
- The older worker has better leadership and stronger people skills not just because of longer life experience but because they spent the majority of their prime earning years without the added benefit of advanced technology. They developed solid face-to-face listening and communication skills since social media, texting and email wasn’t available.
- Loyalty to a business is often an unheard idea these days. Younger workers who are following an upward career trajectory don’t hesitate to leave for “greener pastures.” Or they often struggle with life/work balance especially if children are involved, frequently leaving them conflicted and resentful. Seasoned workers have already had their “day in the sun” and generally have adult children so they are much more loyal and not interested in hopping from job to job.
- Older workers look forward to the challenge of going to work every day. So much so that numerous studies have shown they are punctual, don’t abuse the time allotted for breaks and meals and unless it’s an emergency, show up as scheduled.\
- Many times because of an older employee’s past career history, they bring to the table an impressive network of past professional colleagues and clients. This can often be a huge asset to their current place of employment.
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Top Recruiting Trends for 2018
As unemployment continues to decrease companies are once again vying for the best and brightest candidates. No longer is the “same old, same old” cutting it in the recruitment world. Folks searching for a career aren’t content to spend hours, days and sometimes even weeks involved in endless Skype interviews, taking mind-numbing personality tests and enduring repetitive screening.
Many HR departments along with recruitment agencies recognized a need for change and have begun implementing new hiring practices starting with making the best use of technology, streamlining the entire hiring process and targeting the right candidates.
One of the hottest buzzwords in the recruitment world today is analytics, more specifically people analytics or talent analytics. Basically this is a new method of incorporating cutting edge technology to generate data that will assist in making better hiring decisions. Sophisticated techniques give hiring managers deeper insight into potential recruits. This data can then be utilized throughout the employee’s career for training, managing and developing.
HR recruiters are realizing they must step up their game when it comes to the entire hiring experience. Because of fierce competition for talented in-demand candidates staffing agencies today have an unprecedented incentive for jobseeker satisfaction when recruiting. Many are now rolling out efficient hiring systems which include streamlining repetitive interviews with numerous department heads, harnessing additional technological driven methods of interviewing and background checking and cutting down or eliminating those annoying (and often invasive) assessment tests.
Thanks to the worldwide web jobseekers can easily check out a potential employer with just a few mouse clicks. In fact, there are even sites where current and past employees are able to leave anonymous workplace reviews. And in today’s hiring climate with job seekers having a wide range of opportunities, recruitment marketing has become a necessity. Corporations are now realizing employer branding, social and mobile recruitment, content marketing, presence on numerous career websites, focusing on candidate relationships and broadcasting continuing employee nurturing and training must be utilized when it comes to talent acquisition.
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Pros and Cons of Telecommuting
Since the 2007-2008 financial crisis the way Americans do their jobs has changed dramatically. There are more part-time workers, more freelancers and more people working from home. But is telecommuting right for your business and your employees?
A 2013 Stanford University study determined telecommuting worker productivity levels outperformed their in-office counterparts by almost 15 percent. Remote employees spend less time surfing the web, take fewer breaks and shorter lunch hours. Workers want and need to feel valued. When a corporation allows telecommuting it signals they appreciate, respect and trust their employees and the job they do, and in return the employees are more productive.
How many times have you wanted to call in sick because of your hellish commute? Or perhaps you were up all night with a sick child who now feels fine but you’re exhausted? Lost productivity caused by workers calling in sick where they aren’t or taking an unexpected personal day is both costly and inconvenient to a business. When an employee is allowed to telecommute and can bypass a long drive or even something as simple as having to get dressed in professional attire after a night with no sleep, they are more likely to put in a full day’s work.
As mentioned above, not all jobs are suitable for being worked remotely. There could be sensitive security issues which can’t be guaranteed if an employee is allowed to work off-site. Even if secure internet access can be put into place, often unauthorized individuals could still gain availability to sensitive files and programs.
When telecommuting is not available to each department and each employee, company morale can suffer due to staff jealously and resentment. These same feelings can also arise when an office has a close knit staff and the remote workers begin to feel they are no longer a part of the workplace environment.
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