The coming employee shortage isn't a scare tactic or hype; the statistics are real. One big hope for companies is the changing health and desires of mature workers. They are no longer looking at retirement in the way our parents did. They do want to participate in the workforce, but require certain things in exchange. Here are 23 ideas management needs to know to prepare for their needs, if they want to tap into this crucial demographic for workers in the future.
Management responsibilities
Must be proactive in recruiting them
Keep in touch with former employees
Attract them back (look below at what they want)
Experience counts
Work at home jobs
Seasonal
Part-time
What mature workers feel and desire
Flexibility
Abandoning retirement
Work balance
Explore new challenges
Connection to purpose
Satisfaction
Personal identity
Economic need
Build larger retirement funds
Social connections
Fun
Part-time
Less stress
Idle
Healthy
Active
Casual
Look at their feelings and desires and consider the things they look at when they want to be part of the workplace in their later years. Those who understand these things and start preparing now will be way ahead of competitors who find themselves scrambling to find employees in the not-too-distant future.
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