Best Employers for Job Seekers Over 40 Announced by Jobs4.0 (www.Jobs4point0.com); Survey Will Assist Older Workers in Their Job Search.
WESTPORT, Conn.--(Business Wire)--
The results of a first-ever survey to determine the Best Employers
in the US for Job Seekers Over 40 were released today.
The survey was conducted by Jobs4.0 (www.jobs4point0.com) and the
esteemed Cannon Survey Center at the University of Nevada at Las
Vegas. Jobs4.0 is the leading job search board focused exclusively on
opportunities for job seekers over 40.
Employers were judged on over 20 separate criteria, including
rates of new hires of workers over 40, recruitment policies and goals,
health benefits and job security for older workers, flexible work
options for older workers and more. "This is the first time any survey
has tried to capture this essential data," said Jobs4.0 founder and
CEO Steven J. Greenberg.
"There is a tidal change coming in labor demographics that will
hit corporate America like a tsunami," Greenberg noted. In the coming
years over 76 million baby boomers will retire, but only 46 million
younger workers are in line to replace them. The median age of the US
workforce will soon be over 40, for the first time in many
generations. "We talk to major employers all over the US, and while
some are already planning for these changes, far too many seem
oblivious to the labor challenges directly ahead of them," Greenberg
said. "The survey identifies some of the most forward-thinking
employers. These employers are already taking steps to attract a
segment of the labor pool that have been ignored by major employers
for too long."
"The survey results are also a unique and valuable resource for
job seekers over 40," Greenberg noted. "Older job seekers desperately
want to find employers that will not view their age and experience as
something to be avoided. Ageism in hiring remains prevalent in too
many places, and this survey will help point older job seekers - not
only retiring baby boomers, but all workers 40 and above - in the
right direction."
"The responding companies represent more than a quarter million
employees," said Cannon Survey Center director Pamela Gallion. "So the
data we collected should be useful to both job seekers and employers
who want to attract experienced workers. There are several specific
things that employers can do to make themselves more attractive to
older workers, and our survey results can help them accomplish that."
The Best Employers for Job Seekers Over 40, as determined by the
survey:
* Yale-New Haven Hospital
* The Hartford
* Princeton University
* PNC Bank
* Southeast Corporate FCU
* Compuware
* UGA College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences
A full report on the survey findings is available to the media
upon request to survey@jobs4point0.com.
About Jobs4.0
Jobs4.0 posts thousands of full, part-time and seasonal job
listings in all job categories across the US. Every employer is
screened to ensure that they embrace job seekers over 40. Jobs4.0
allows job seekers to review all job listings without charge.
About the Cannon Survey Center
Located on the campus of the University of Nevada Las Vegas, the
Center has served the university and the state of Nevada since 1977.
The Center provides the management, staff, and facilities required to
conduct all phases of telephone, internet, and mail surveys. CSR is
committed to providing a broad range of research expertise.
Cannon Survey Center
Pamela S. Gallion, M. Ed.
Director
702-895-0486
pam.gallion@unlv.edu
or
Jobs4.0
Steven J. Greenberg
203-454-5440
steven@jobs4point0.com
http://www.jobs4point0.com
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