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Older people are a vital part of the workforce, offering experience and expertise built up over years of life. It's vital that companies realise the benefits employing older workers can bring.

Our ageing workforce hub provides you with a plethora of content designed to help you attract and engage with new and existing older employees.

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Challenges and opportunities of the ageing workforce

Tim Whitaker is a consultant working on age and employment issues and a Trustee of Wise Age - a specialist employment charity for the over 50s working with employers, policy makers and older workers.

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Challenges and opportunities of the ageing workforce

Tim Whitaker is a consultant working on age and employment issues and a Trustee of Wise Age - a specialist employment charity for the over 50s working with employers, policy makers and older workers.

How to counter age discrimination

Older workers are a vital part of the workforce, offering experience and expertise built up over years of work. But age discrimination is a major barrier to getting the most out of the ageing workforce. Countering this is vital to the success of businesses and internal mobility is an important tool in doing so.

Benefits of employing older workers

When it comes to recruitment, the best companies know it’s not about age. What they want is talented people.

How employers can address skills gaps in older workers

We live in a time when the ageing workforce is reducing, with older workers leaving the workforce or retiring in increasing numbers - but how can that skills gap be addressed?

Overcoming ageism and age discrimination in the workplace

Everyday ageism helps perpetuate negative stereotypes in the workplace - but older staff can be empowered to overcome discrimination.

Latest eBooks, guides and tools

Understanding internal mobility and the ageing workforce

Recruiting, retaining, and getting the best out of older workers is one of the biggest questions facing employers. Our whitepaper on ‘Internal mobility and the ageing workforce’ examines this complex subject.

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The unretirement uprising: the retirement rebellion that could save our workplaces

Reed Talent Solutions has teamed up with 55/Redefined – an online age activism platform, working to support businesses and those over the age of 50 to take action and fundamentally change their approach to the 50+ life phase.

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Events and webinars

On-demand webinar: Internal mobility and the ageing workforce

Reed Talent Solutions’ on-demand webinar, ‘Internal mobility and the ageing workforce' brings together four experts to discuss the challenges - and possibilities - of an ageing workforce and how internal mobility can be used to get the best out of older workers.

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