Title: Aging workforce challenges: Trends, Statistics and Impact
Headings: Aging Workforce Challenges: Trends, Statistics and Impact
Aging Workforce Challenges: Trends, Statistics and Impact
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What is the aging workforce?
5 Aging Workforce Challenges and Their Solutions
1. Bias
2. Absenteeism
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3. Postpone retirement
4. Succession
5. Attract & retain younger employees
The Impact of the Aging Workforce
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Content: 1. Bias
A big one to start with. Older workers are less flexible, less motivated, too slow, they take more sick days, etc. These are just a few of the many stereotypes people – older workers included – have about senior workers. As such, bias is one of the toughest aging workforce challenges. Now, how to beat these misconceptions? Germany’s Daimler – the company who owns Mercedes – has taken it upon themselves to challenge stereotypes about aging by developing an exhibition. Visitors of the exhibition can either enter the exhibition through a ‘young’ or an ‘old door’. Once inside, they can take tests to measure things like their balance, their ability to work in a team and their memory. The Reuters correspondent who wrote an article about Daimler’s initiative, real age 45, turned out to have a biological age of 36 and 119 years of life experience.