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Download full textTellez, Marilyn J. – 2002
This workbook is a job search process kit for those over the age of 50. The kit is in honor of all age-50-and-over workers who are determined and dedicated to continuing an active, productive life. Its aim is to help older workers with the what and how of finding a job, and specifically, finding an appropriate mid-life or retirement job. The…
Descriptors: Computers, Employment Interviews, Job Application, Job Search Methods
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Special Committee on Aging. – 1985
This information paper provides employers, policymakers, and the general public with examples of innivative personnel policies and practices designed by private sector employers to increase employment opportunities for older workers. Part 1 is an introduction and overview. It defines the problems of the older worker and describes the National…
Descriptors: Aging (Individuals), Case Studies, Employment Opportunities, Employment Practices
American Association of Retired Persons, Washington, DC. Work Force Programs Dept. – 1993
This publication gives examples of employment programs for experienced workers taken from the National Older Workers Information System (NOWIS), a computerized system of information on more than 140 experienced worker employment programs in public and private sector organizations. (Maintained by the Business Partnerships Program of the American…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Aging (Individuals), Job Development, Older Adults
American Association of Retired Persons, Washington, DC. – 1996
This article explains briefly how the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) of 1967 applies to certain hiring practices. The four sections of the paper cover the following: (1) the scope of the ADEA, including coverage, prohibited conduct, and legal remedies for workers who feel they have suffered discrimination; (2) hiring older workers,…
Descriptors: Adults, Age Discrimination, Compliance (Legal), Employment Interviews
Budetti, Peter P., Ed.; Burkhauser, Richard V., Ed.; Gregory, Janice M., Ed.; Hunt, H. Allan, Ed. – 2001
This book contains 15 articles on older workers and the challenges of health insurance, Social Security, retirement, job loss, and working until older ages. Following an introduction by the editors, the articles are organized in five sections that also include commentaries on the articles. The following are included in Section 1, "Charting…
Descriptors: Age Discrimination, Disabilities, Early Retirement, Employed Women
Newman, Sally M.; And Others – 1991
This publication offers guidelines that policymakers, advocates of children and older adults, and child care practitioners can use to provide older adults with opportunities to work in the child care field. Guidelines that address developmental issues relating to older adults concern employers' sensitivity to older adults and staffing patterns in…
Descriptors: Adult Development, Career Development, Day Care, Early Childhood Education
American Association of Retired Persons, Washington, DC. Work Force Programs Dept. – 1993
This booklet is a practical guide to help employers develop ways to train midcareer and older employees to work to their full potential. Section 1 discusses the older worker advantage. Section 2 focuses on dealing with older workers, the half-life effect, and three common problems that reduce productivity: career burnout, career plateauing, and…
Descriptors: Age Discrimination, Aging (Individuals), Cost Effectiveness, Employer Employee Relationship
American Bar Association, Washington, DC. Commission on Legal Problems of the Elderly. – 1992
The purposes of the project that developed this education package for business were as follows: (1) enhance employer knowledge and understanding of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA), especially in its application to corporate downsizing and the use of early retirement incentives; (2) discourage employer practices that violate the act…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Age Discrimination, Business Responsibility, Compliance (Legal)
