Recruitment, Education & Business Learning is good for you
01/07/2009
Towards the end of last year, a government think-tank produced a wide- ranging study concerning mental health and wellbeing. The conclusions were astonishing in claiming that one of the most powerful activities any individual could do to stave off the misery of depression and anxiety – especially in older age - was to keep learning.
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Take time out and learn more about psychology
If you are fascinated by human behaviour – and would like to know more – then a four-day course this summer could provide inspiration and enjoyment.
Even Parliament now says "let older people work"
A Work and Pensions Committee report has called on the Government to scrap the national default retirement age.
Harman's Equality Bill - will it REALLY make a difference to older people wanting to work?
The long-awaited Equality Bill aims to set out "groundbreaking new laws which will help narrow the gap between rich and poor; require business to report on gender pay; outlaw age discrimination; and significantly strengthen Britain’s anti-discrimination legislation." So how far does it really go - especially in the crucial area of age discrimination? Not very far - according to the Employers Forum on Age (EFA).
A great opportunity to get back into learning
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Fircroft College of Adult Education in Selly Oak, Birmingham will be running a free, ten week long residential programme aimed exclusively at more mature learners wanting to get back into learning.
There are alternatives to redundancy
Today many people are facing redundancy. Unfortunately, as employers look to save money, it is the more experienced, longer serving and more expensive employees who often find themselves being targeted for selection. But there are alternatives.
Prince’s charity publishes ‘wake-up call’ to realise value of older workers
The Prince’s Initiative for Mature Enterprise (PRIME), a charity founded by HRH The Prince of Wales, has published a report which reveals that ageist attitudes in the UK are standing in the way of hundreds of thousands of people contributing towards the British economy.
Age diversity can help business recover from the downturn, says Commission
Employers who retain the skills and experience of older workers will be better placed to emerge from the recession, Nicola Brewer, the Chief Executive of the Equality and Human Rights Commission said today. She also argued that the economic downturn should not be used as an excuse to justify redundancy on the grounds of age.
Want to keep on working? Here's how!
Can’t afford to retire? You’re not alone. But what is happening on the legislation to allow older people to keep on working? And how do you get back into the workforce?
Take my top ten tips and don't be another jobless statistic
Jan McGeachie's comments will be echoed by many over 50s who have experience of the Jobcentre system. In the last five years I have had two periods of job seeking. At age 53 it took me 6 months to find a new job but at age 55 it took me 13 months to find employment. In those 13 months I had 33 interviews, a statistic that strongly suggests ageism is real!
Could YOU be a professional childminder?
A survey recently found that grandparents provide up to 20 hours of free childcare a week for their grandchildren so that their own children can continue to work - so if that sounds like you, why not become a registered Childminder - and get paid for it?
Careers advice works for older workers
There are overwhelming benefits for both older workers and their employers from careers advice and training. This is the major finding from the biggest research project ever done into careers advice and training for older workers. The research - carried out by NIACE (the National Institute of Adult Continuing Education) for A4e - as part of the ReGrow project provided careers advice and follow-up training across the South-East to 1139 people over-50 in work in 353 firms.
Help promised for jobless - but what about the older jobless?
As the economic downturn continues to push more people into the dole queue, the Government has pledged £83 million to offer around 75,000 people high quality training places to help them back into work over the next two years. But how much use is this to workers in their 50s, who are not only more likely to be laid off but also more likely to struggle finding a new job because of their perceived 'shelf life'?
Don’t let age get in the way of a new career
50+ can be a dangerous time. We can get caught up with concerns about
our age and this can block us from getting what we want. By Keren Smedley of Experience Matters.
Age discrimination "continues to be a major barrier for older jobseekers"
Only 10 percent of respondents to an online survey of jobseekers aged 50+ could say they had “never experienced age discrimination when looking for work” and just 13 percent thought the age discrimination legislation introduced in October 2006 had helped older people find work.
