Demand for 40-70 Something in the workplace
Job Search July 1st, 2008“40-Somethings” are the hot ticket for recruitment relocation according to Kennedy Recruiting Trend. “The primary targets for corporate relocations were the ‘30-somethings’ looking for career advancement. Nowadays, companies are asking the ‘40-somethings’ and seasoned veterans to relocate for the good of the company – a movement paralleling another workplace trend – the demand for higher skilled workers.”
For years I have been hearing about the War For Talent. Sainsbury’s has announced that it wants to take on 10,000 new people at its stores across the UK - but all applicants must be over 50. “Workers in this age bracket will help give customers a “quality, hassle-free festive shopping experience”, the retailer said.
The Los Angeles Times wrote that Home Depot will not divulge complete statistics on how many older workers stride the concrete floors of its huge home-improvement stores, but the number is on the rise. The company hooked up with AARP four years ago to woo a sales force that might otherwise be golfing and says it now has 5,000 employees over 70.
“They are loyal and dependable,” said Tim Crow, chief human resources officer for the Atlanta-based firm. “We look at the demographics, and everyone is getting older. This is the future workforce.”
The U.S. Department of Labor writes that, “Older Americans are staying in the labor force longer than prior trends would have predicted and many change jobs later in life. These job transitions are often within the same occupation or across occupations within wage-and-salary employment. The transition can also be out of wage-and-salary work and into self employment. Indeed, national statistics show that self employment becomes more prevalent with age, partly because self employment provides older workers with opportunities not found in traditional wage-and-salary jobs, such as flexibility in hours worked and independence.”
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