http://parallelhr.com Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:14:23 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/thehiringsiteposts/~3/a6mBOvabqTk/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/thehiringsiteposts/~3/a6mBOvabqTk/#comments Mon, 29 Aug 2011 21:17:48 +0000 Amy Chulik http://thehiringsite.careerbuilder.com/?p=13168 "Ask your neighbor what they do," said Peter Cappelli to the room full of us in the Managing the Older Worker session at 2011's SHRM conference. Most people in the room complied. "Then," he continued, "ask them how old they are." People laughed nervously; no one moved. That was how Cappelli, the George W. Taylor Professor of Management at The Wharton School and co-author of Managing the Older Worker: How to Prepare for the New Organizational Order, started his discussion on older workers -- and as he went on, he explained the current surge in older workers we're seeing, shared his thoughts on ways in which older workers are better hires than their younger counterparts, discussed how employers can best engage the older generation, and more. Why the big workplace shift? The workforce is getting older -- and it's causing a lot of age-related changes in the workplace that many companies are ill-equipped to deal with. Why? Well, first of all, said Cappelli, we’re living longer -- babies born in 2010 will live 10 years longer than those born in 1950. If your parents are 65, he added, there is a 50 percent chance that at least one of them will live to the age of 90. Second of all, we're also living healthier, and the percentage of older workers who need to work (to support living longer) is growing. And even they don't have to work, many older people are healthy and want to keep busy; 84 percent say they would work even if they were set for life -- not to work for the money, but to stay active. As more people are increasingly working full-time and baby boomers are getting older, the workforce is also getting older. Basically, Cappelli said, longer life, baby boomers, and people working longer are the three main factors driving an older workforce. What do older workers want?]]> http://thehiringsite.careerbuilder.com/2011/08/29/managing-the-older-worker/feed/atom/ 0 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/thehiringsiteposts/~3/p9R9zoALx1o/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/thehiringsiteposts/~3/p9R9zoALx1o/#comments Thu, 04 Mar 2010 23:29:51 +0000 Amy Chulik http://thehiringsite.careerbuilder.com/?p=6583 Millenials. Comprised of those born after 1980, or those 18-29 years old, they're America's newest generation. (And it'd be more fun if they were called this, no?) But what else are we learning about them, particularly when it comes to the workplace? A new report aimed at Millenials attempts to answer some of our unanswered questions. Who are Millenials? Fifty million people currently fall into the "Millenials" category. Pew Research Center, a nonpartisan fact tank that provides information on the issues, attitudes and trends shaping America and the world, has just released a report called "Millenials: Confident. Connected. Open to Change." The report, conducted by Pew Research Center's "Social & Demographic Trends Project," compares the values, attitudes and behaviors of Millenials with those of older adults, and seeks to shed some light on which formative experiences Millenials will carry throughout their life cycle. Among other findings, the report found that personality-wise, Millenials are confident, self-expressive, liberal, and upbeat, and are open to change. Dissatisfied With Work Now -- But Optimistic for the Future ]]> http://thehiringsite.careerbuilder.com/2010/03/04/millenials-electric-and-no-longer-youth/feed/atom/ 0