Addressing common age stereotypes in an interviewAgeism is prevalent in recruitment but that does not mean there aren’t ways to challenge ageist perceptions in the…
Category: Ageism
World-wide, age diversity rarely figures in organisational diversity programs. As a result, organisations often have limited understanding of how mature-aged workers fare in relation to…
Research suggests that, proportionally, the likelihood of an employed woman being a business owner increases with age. In Australia, more than two in five women…
Image Credit: Light photo created by Racool_studio There has been plenty of debate about the lack of attention to women and to people over 35 in…
As we live longer, healthier lives, there is increasing interest in whether traditional notions of retirement have any relevance anymore. Indeed, the question is being…
Entrepreneurship among mature-aged people is the fastest growing form of entrepreneurship in Australia (approximately 34% of new businesses). People in older age groups have a…
Co-working spaces first began to appear around 2005 and became popular as innovative spaces where the self-employed and aspiring entrepreneurs could have a professional business…
Transferable skills are critically important when thinking about making a career transition. However, through our own research, we know that many mature-aged workers, just do…
When the words innovation and start-up are used together in the same sentence, they tend to be equated with smart young things who have developed…
Our recent blogs have emphasized the need to upskill and reskill to remain relevant in the workplace. But there is another reason why we should…