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Scientific Facts
The research within the project mature@eu is designed to shed light on crucial issues in hiring processes of older workers, in order to gain guidelines for the development of the mature@eu learning concept.
The report examines the specific issues that need to be addressed and the action required if age bias in the recruitment of mature workers is to be successfully challenged. Because of the specific age bias that exists within the ICT sector towards young workers, this report seeks to identify those practices that should be adopted within the sector to increase the employment density of older workers.
Specifically, the aims of the study are to:
- Explore the age and employment trends in the ICT sector
- Identify the structural barriers in the recruitment policies for older workers
- Identify success criteria in overcoming age bias in recruitment and selection
- Explore the information needs and knowledge requirements of employers, particularly those in the IT sector, since many employers are unaware of the challenging issues arising from an ageing workforce.
Our findings indicate that:
- Attitudes towards ageing must be changed: an attitudinal approach is required
- The awareness level of managers and supervisors of the business case of age-diverse requirement policies needs to be improved: a persuading approach is required
- Concrete support in the whole framework of implementing age-diverse recruitment policies and practices needs to be provided: a supportive approach is required.