We keep hearing that older workers have a tough time landing new jobs. In a survey of 1,500 hiring managers that I wrote about last week, only 1% of respondents said it is easiest to place job-seekers in their 50s, as opposed to younger workers in their 20s, 30s and 40s. Finally, there is some good news for older workers.Adecco, the giant Zurich, Switzerland-based human resources consulting firm, just ran a survey of 500 hiring managers that found that respondents said they were three times as likely to hire a mature worker, defined as age 50 or above (60%), as they were to hire a Millennial (20%). Millennial is defined as those born just before the millennium, from 1981 through 2000.
Why the vote of confidence for older workers? The survey showed that hiring managers associate mature workers with being reliable (91%) and professional (88%). The survey also found that older workers have superior writing skills, with only 9% of respondents saying that mature workers need to improve their prose, while 46% say Millennials need to become better writers...