Crucially, these initiatives need to be better publicised to help change the perception of
older education workers.
Jenny Rollinson concludes: «Teaching is a vocation, and schools clearly need to appeal to this sense of purpose and passion for the job, and recognise that
older education workers may be looking for a slight change in their role and position as they start thinking about retirement.
Not exact matches
Countries that combine school and work - based
education, such as Germany, Austria, Denmark and Switzerland, may help young people into jobs, but in
older age, these
workers» skills can become obsolete, says the influential Munich - based Ifo Institute.
• Shake up the parental leave system so fathers can spend more time with kids under two years -
old • 25,000 more dads per year to sign their child's birth certificate, to reach international standards and halve the number of those who don't • Dads able to stay overnight in hospital with their partner when their baby is born • Modern and relevant antenatal
education for both parents • Dads reading with their children in all primary schools • Family professionals — midwives, teachers, health visitors, nursery
workers, social
workers — confidently engaging with dads as well as mums, and supporting all family types.
By shifting to Career Pathways, the administration abandoned an
old model of rapidly pairing
workers with available jobs («rapid - attachment»), instead investing in the skill building and
education that produce lasting employment.
Overall, Clouston's team found that responders with PTSD and mental decline had lower
education, were likely to have jobs such as construction or utility
workers, were
older and smoked, compared with those without mental decline.
Data on 16 - to 34 - year -
olds, for instance, found even
workers with college degrees and graduate or professional degrees don't stack up favorably against their international peers with similar
education levels.
Believing that «they won't be wanted in the workforce when
older» is the key motivation behind this accelerated retirement plans, listed by 85 % of
education workers who intend to retire early.
DEMOGRAPHICS • Gender: 70 percent male / 30 percent female • Age: 40 - 59 years
old • Annual Household Income: $ 80,000 to $ 100,000 •
Education: 45 percent college graduate • Household: 65 percent married; primarily post-family • Occupation: mix of mid-level white - collar
workers, skilled tradespeople, and traditional blue - collar
workers in high - paying professions MARKET ADVANTAGES • The ultimate modern American muscle sedan — the «Charger on steroids» • Powered by an SRT - engineered, 6.1 - liter HEMI V - 8 that produces 425 horsepower (317 kW) and 420 lb. - ft.
Particularly in countries with historically strong
education systems, highly skilled and experienced
older workers will become prized company assets, but
older workers staying in employment does raise concerns of how to hire young talent when the traditional employment pipeline remains at capacity at the
older end.
This decline was largest among
older workers and those with lower
education levels.