LEADING EDGE STRATEGIC ADAPTATION
19 November 2009 - While the predictions of dramatic shifts have been confronting organizational leaders for some time, lags in planning for age-related change or simple neglect have generally been the rule. Of course, exceptions do exist. A minority of employers (12%) surveyed by the Sloan Center on Aging & Work …
Despite Warnings, U.S. Companies Remain Unprepared for Baby Boomers’ Exodus
17 November 2009—With millions of Baby Boomers poised to age out of the workforce, US companies remain unprepared for the imminent talent desert that promises to alter the productive capacity of business and disrupt the national economic landscape …
THE WAY WE WERE … AND STILL ARE
13 November 2009 - With economic pressures now heavily influencing business strategy and workplace culture, it is complicated to know where workforce planning alone ranks as a priority. Has age-related workforce planning become relegated to secondary or even invisible status?
Visions for a New Future of Aging
11 November 2009—The world of work has yet to fully embrace new assumptions and expectations about aging. Neither have social policies and laws caught up to the changing context of aging …
Flexibility Adoption Result of Management Age Not Workforce Makeup
09 November 2009—Workforce demographics matter less than the age of leadership. A new analysis shows how the age of management predicts in the adoption of flexible work options in nonprofit and for-profit organizations …
"Beyond Age" Workshop Challenges Perceptions of Self and Co-workers
2 November 2009 - You can’t hide your age. Neither can you hide how other people perceive it. But, as it turns out, that’s ok! Knowing how old you are, or appear to be, can be beneficial for you and your colleagues at work.
Sloan Center Launches Engaged as We Age Project
26 October 2009 - Growing old in America is not what is used to be. In response to the changing demographics of the 21st century, older adults in America now have multiple life engagements—in continued work, in volunteer activities, in education and other learning activities, in care-giving for family members and friends. But what is their collective impact?
Changing Age Demographics: Business Imperative or HR Distraction?
3 December 2009 - What are you doing in your organization to ensure that this issue remains a business priority? Please join us for what promises to be a provocative and highly interactive online presentation discussing the Center's latest study, representative of small, medium, and large businesses in a variety of industries.
22 September 2009 - Statistics on employers' perceptions of older workers and technology from the Sloan Center on Aging and Work are cited by CNN Money.
14 September 2009 - The public sector workforce has 11.3% more of the workforce eligibility for retirement in the next ten years when compared to private sector. Also, state agencies were more likely to have analyzed their workforce demographics than private sector organizations surveyed (69.9% vs. 42.2%, respectively).
Layoffs Toughest on Young, Older Workers
6 September 2009 - Young adults are more at risk for losing their jobs and homes in a recession, while people later in life are more likely to declare bankruptcy in order to protect their assets, said the center's Co-Director of Research Tay McNamara, in an article by Mike Schneider and Errin Haines with the Associated Press.
With Age Comes the Wisdom to Roll with the Punches at Work
4 September 2009 - The Center's Age & Generations Study hits home at the Center for Corporate Citizenship – and specifically at the desk of a baby boomer.
28 August 2009 - Marcie Pitt-Catsouphes comments on valuing differences based on workers' age when considering different approaches to customer service.
Older Workers Need Flexibility, Training, But Often Fail to Get It
30 July 2009 - Jacquelyn James, the center's Co-director of Research, comments on the difficulties older workers experience when their companies fail to accommodate the aging labor force.
Why are Young Workers Less Engaged Today?
8 July 2009 - "Some older workers have seen it all, and that gives them experiential resilience. Younger workers just don't have the depth of experience ..." Sloan Center research evaluating the effects of the recession on employee engagement across generations is featured by Diversity.Inc.
25 June 2009 - How do employees’ priorities, needs, utilization of workplace-based resources, and satisfaction with quality of employment vary by their age, career stage, and life stage? How does country context, including public policies and cultural orientations, influence …
Employees Strength in Downturn
24 June 2009 - In a new analysis of the Age & Generations Study, 41% of responding employees reported not having access to the flexible work options they need to fulfill their work and personal needs.
14 May 2009 - Keeping employees engaged in the midst of layoffs, pay cuts and a skittish economy can be difficult. Kelly Faircloth of Inc.com interviews Research Associate Tina Matz-Costa about the center's research on employee engagement.
29 May 2009 - Over the course of the past year the center has been conducting work focusing on the ways that "age can matter" in different countries around the world. Researchers from the countries listed below have been: gathering descriptive demographic information and data about economic and social indicators.
20 May 2009 - In new Sloan Center Age & Generations Study, 41.4% of the employees who responded reported that they do not have access to the flexible work options they need to fulfill their work and personal needs “at all” or only “to a limited extent.”
Landing a Job Though You're Not Young Anymore
6 May 2009 - What stereotypes hamper older workers' job hunts? Results of a 2007 survey of employer perceptions by BC's Sloan Center on Aging & Work, and comments by director Marcie Pitt-Catsouphes, are highlighted by Forbes' Tara Weiss.
29 April 2009 - Director Marcie Pitt-Catsouphes comments on the advantages older workers can bring to business for CBS Evening News »
27 April 2009 - Education and training continues to be the cornerstone of the efforts that states make to link workforce development with plans for sustainable economic progress.
When is a Person Too Young or Too Old to Work?
25 April 2009 - In the study When is a Person Too Young or Too Old to Work? author Steve Sweet uses the European Social Survey (2006-2007) to study the differences in age expectations across Europe to find that, "while aging is driven by biological factors, the statuses associated with age are socially conferred."
21 April 2009 - The challenging economy has forced more and more employers to focus on how they can “do more with less” and increase productivity with their workforce. A new MetLife Mature Market Institute study, conducted in partnership with Boston College’s Sloan Center on Aging & Work, indicates that employers have significant opportunities to maximize the strength of their workforces and optimize workforce productivity through practices geared to the various generations.
How Providing Eldercare Affects Your Job Security
17 April 2009 - Director Marcie Pitt-Catsouphes quoted by Emily Brandon in U.S. News & World Report (see expcerpt below, or read the blog here »)
Think Age is Enough to Predict Worker Needs? Think Again
9 April 2009 - Business policies to keep and engage good workers often are based on assumptions of employees’ age. But they may miss the mark.
State Employment Aged 55+ with College Degree
10 March 2009 - Education and training continues to be the cornerstone of the efforts that states make to link workforce development with plans for sustainable economic progress.
Sloan Center Releases Summary of Older Worker Engagement, Job Quality, Health, Well-being
23 February, 2009 - Marcie Pitt-Catsouphes cites lingering stereotypes that older workers are more expensive, less productive and resistant to change, in an article by Clare Ansberry of the Wall Street Journal.
Age Discrimination in the Current Economy
6 February 2009 - Director Marcie Pitt-Catsouphes discusses challenges for older workers on KQED's "Forum."
State Employment Rates For Persons Aged 55+
3 February 2009 - Although the aging of the population is a national trend, its impact varies from state to state given the discrepancies in the states’ demographic and economic situations.
Sloan Center Releases Summary of Older Worker Engagement, Job Quality, Health, Well-being
26 November 2008 - There are many stereotypes regarding the plight of older workers, but this new research funded in part by the Sloan Center on Aging & Work dispels the myth of older worker disengagement and focuses on the real situations of worker health and well-being employed by "CitiSales," a company recognized by the American Association of Retired Persons (AARP) for its focus on older employees.
Older Workers Need Support for Employment, Retirement
24 November 2008 - For many older men and women, Social Security payments will not be enough to live on during their retirement. Studies indicate that many do not have sufficient equity or savings to cover retirement, even without the current financial crisis.
Minding the Gap Between US Employees/Employers
14 November 2008 - Train passengers in the UK are cautioned to “mind the gap” between the platform and the train. Similarly, when considering the quality of employment, there are many gaps employers and employees should be aware of.
Older and Out of Work: The Job Search
23 October 2008 - Most older American workers who lose their jobs in the troubled U.S. economy will receive little or no advance notice of their layoff, little or no severance, limited assistance in terms of unemployment insurance and few resources to assist in their reemployment.
Sloan Center Issue Brief on Older Workers Cited
15 October 2008 - "Unemployment has been increasing nationwide and last month stood at 6.1 percent. Nebraska's unemployment rate was 3.5 percent in August, the latest figure available" - Joe Ruff of the Omaha World-Herald quotes Sloan Center research.
Consider Skilled Retirees, Older Workers to Fill Work-force Shortage
11 October 2008 - Between 2002 and 2012 there will be only a 1% increase in the labor force participation of people aged 20 to 24; Frank Burns of Federal Times.com cites Sloan Center Research.
Older and Out of Work: The Job Search
22 September 2008 - Examining the impact of unemployment on older Americans, authors claim that "layoffs will be a cruel fact of life for many older workers. They face far tougher challenges as they seek to return to work than their younger counterparts."
Rethinking Retirement: Economy, Desire to Work
are Keeping Americans in Workplace Longer
9 August 2008 - Center Director Marcie Pitt-Catsouphes comments on how Americans are reversing a decades-long trend of retiring earlier. Because they can, because they want to — and increasingly, because they need to ...
Grant Will Fuel Sloan Center’s Global Initiatives
20 July 2008 - The centerpiece of the grant will be within the center’s Global Initiatives program. This summer the center research team will embark on a series of cross-national comparative studies, putting the center’s work in the global perspectives of today’s talent management while encouraging workplace adoption of quality employment for the multi-generational workforce.
Center on Aging & Work Receives $3.5 Million from Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
18 June 2008 - The Sloan Center on Aging & Work at Boston College receives its second major grant – $3.5 Million. The grant ensures the next three years of work at the center and confirms the success of the center’s employer and academic engagement strategy.
Minding the Gap: Center Convenes Global Colloquia in London
16 June 2008 - Center Director Marcie Pitt-Catsouphes presented “Minding the Gap: Talent Management, Employee Priorities and Remaining an Employer-of-Choice,” encouraging discussion on how changing age demographics are impacting UK and European employers.
Governments of 20 Countries Ahead of U.S. In Promoting Workplace Flexibility
28 May 2008 - In the context of U.S. demographic and economic changes, an explicit right to request flexible work could play an important role in preparing the U.S. economy for the future.
Aging & Work Seizes Global Challenge
21 May 2008 - Just as the 21st century knowledge economy has been expanding globally, so have the Center’s interests. This month, the Center on Aging & Work is announcing its Global Initiatives, a partnership with the Middlesex University Business School in London.
Director Marcie Pitt-Catsouphes Guest on Experience Talks
15 April 2008 - Joined by filmmaker Errol Morris, Civic Ventures CEO/Founder Marc Freedman and artist John Outterbridge, Director Marcie Pitt-Catsouphes discusses retirement in the second half of life.
New Study: States Need 50+ Workers for Economic Vitality
2 April 2008 - According to a new policy brief by the Boston College Center on Aging & Work and AARP, the future vitality of the commonwealth will likely depend on 50-plus workers, and it’s down to state leadership to capitalize on the coming age wave.
Do 50+ Workers Want to Stay in the Workforce? What are Employers' Top HR Challenges?
18 March 2008 - Now, in addition to browsing downloadable fact sheets on today’s multi-generational workforce, employers and researchers affiliated with the Center on Aging & Work will be able to search our easy-to-access Aging & Work Facts database of important workforce facts, tables and charts to answer questions like these.
Toward a Multi-generational Workforce
13 February 2008 - A new institute of the Center on Aging & Work will help states recognize the aging public sector workforce as a potential economic asset, say directors Mick Smyer and Marcie Pitt-Catsouphes, shown here with staffers (rear, L-R) Tay McNamara and Michelle Wong.