Posts Tagged ageing workforce
GFC only a slight reprieve
SageCo’s recent survey about the impact of the GFC on retirement and working intentions get’s some coverage in HC Magazine.
Anecdotal evidence to suggest that mature workers would hang on to their jobs and defer their retirement plans has been supported by results of a survey by ageing workforce specialists, SageCo.
older and wiser talent pool
“Employers need to retain the talent, skill and knowledge of the triple decker sandwich generation” writes Julia Stirling in The Weekend Australian (16-17 January 2010), in an article featuring SageCo’s Alison Monroe.
Gareth Bennett from Freehills concurs. “People need to know that being a carer or a mature-age worker is not career limiting” adding that they need reassurance that they are an integral part of the firm and that leaders should encourage and indeed role model flexible work arrangements.
And so say all of us!
New age, different stage
Welcome to 2010! As we round the corner on a brand new year, social commentator and futurist Mark McCrindle has released what he sees as the Top Ten Trends that will define this decade. Many of these have a significant impact on Australia’s demographics and our favourite topic - mature age workers.
By 2020 our population will hit 27M with 1 in 5 aged 60+. An acceleration in baby boomer exits from the workforce will see the beginning of the ‘age wave hitting Australia’ says McCrindle.
The stage on which organisations perform is changing radically. When the closing curtain comes down on this decade, how many will have thrived rather than simply survived? According to McCrindle, this will require a return to skill development, training, longer job training and stability.
Sailing the Silver Seas
Posted by Danny in What we're up to on October 28th, 2009
Judy Cole - Sailing Silver Medal
The SageCo team are so proud of our very own Retirement Coach, Judy Cole (pictured) who sailed her way to victory winning a SILVER MEDAL in last week’s World Masters Games held in Sydney (55-65 age group). Here’s what Judy had to say;
“I’m very chuffed, especially seeing the gale force wind conditions were not in my favour, and being light I was at a disadvantage!
However, I used wisdom and experience (and luck) to sail the first three races in survival mode, and make it around the track without breaking anything, or crashing, which was the cause of many making a premature return to the dock.
Just shows anyone can do anything if they put their mind to it, and then put in the hard yards!
Well done Judy - what an inspiration you are to us all!
Intergenerational regurgitational
Posted by Catriona in Commentary on February 1st, 2010
Everything old is new again. Here’s a quote about the release of the ‘new’ intergenerational report out today:
We’ve been tuned into intergenerational reports for over seven years now; our business SageCo is pretty much based around this unprecedented demographic shift in workforce population. We’ve heard countless renditions of the same message; it’s not new news.
What is new is the approach that some organisations are taking to increase workforce participation of workers in ‘late career’. Interventions like:
But if we have any hope of increasing workforce participation on a large scale, these solutions and more need to be part of the mainstream workforce management plans - not just special programs.
And another thing - we agree with SmartCompany, the ‘ageing generation’ is an unfortunate and unhelpful label. In the same way that this generation helped define the term ‘teenager’, they are redefining the notion of ‘retirement’.
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