Older workers.
Credit: telegraph.co.uk
Ageism in the workforce is built on a faulty premise, according to leading Australian researchers of intergenerational employment.
After hitting the age of 45, David Kazachov started having trouble getting work. “It is even worse at the age of 50,” he says. Despite extensive experience in the finance and IT industry, Mr Kazachov was surprised to be asked if he had a laptop after making it to the final stage of a recent job interview. Well, of course he did, but there seemed to be an assumption behind the question that he was too old to be savvy with computer technology.
But as it turns out, ageism in the workforce is built on a faulty premise, according to leading Australian researchers of intergenerational employment.
Associate Professor Leanne Cutcher from the University of Sydney Business School is about to publish a new study that has found that contrary to stereotypes and assumptions, the most innovative companies are the ones where the age of employees does not matter. (emphasis added)
