Benefits of hiring older workers

There seems to be a lot of talk about why not to hire older workers. Of course no one will admit to it but there perceived problems with hiring older workers. One of the main reasons that employers are hesitant is that they are afraid that older workers can’t keep pace with younger workers. I guess if you talking about working in construction or digging ditches that might be true but for office work that certainly isn’t the case.

Another possible concern is that an older worker will only have a few years to work before retiring. The way the economy is right now that shouldn’t be much of a worry.

Older workers get sick and miss a lot of work. Is there any proof to back this up, No, younger workers miss as much as older workers.

Older workers can’t learn new skills; once again there isn’t any evidence to back this up. One of the fastest growing groups on the internet is older people, so keeping up with technology isn’t a problem.

In fact there are a number of benefits to hiring older workers as outlined in Entrepreneur.com.