Research brief examines the New Jersey Career Network’s virtual job seeker community.
New Jersey Career Network Job Seeker Community: Final Brief
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Older Workers
Helping Older, Long-term Unemployed Job Seekers A Report on the Heldrich Center’s New Start Career Network
New report examines design, implementation and results from a program that assisted older, unemployed New Jersey workers.
Research for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce on the Voice of Business on the Mature Workforce
Research on the challenges of an aging population and workforce.
Older Workers, Precarious Jobs, and Unemployment: Challenges and Policy Recommendations
Findings from a Heldrich Center survey of voluntary and involuntary part-time older workers.
Good Advice about Education and Training Programs Is Hard to Find
Carl Van Horn discusses the most important changes needed to better meet the needs of older workers.
Improving Education and Training for Older Workers (report)
Report about mature workers.
Improving Education and Training for Older Workers (brief)
Brief on mature workers.
Employer Strategies for Responding to an Aging Workforce
Discusses numerous examples of successful public- and private-sector retention initiatives.
Aging Workforce: The Role of Medical Professionals in Helping Older Workers and Workers with Disabilities to Stay at Work or Return to Work and Remain Employed
Reviews highlights of a September 2012 symposium.
Aging Workforce: Challenges for the Health Care Industry Workforce
Identifies promising strategies from the January 2012 symposium.
Opportunities for Change: The Role of Medical Professionals in Encouraging Older Workers and People with Disabilities to Stay At or Return to Work
Explores the role of medical professionals in helping older workers and workers with disabilities.
Impact of Federal Policies on an Aging Workforce with Disabilities
Assesses the potential impact of current federal policy on work incentives for adults with disabilities in their sixties and late fifties, focusing on Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI).
Older Workers, Rising Skill Requirements and the Need for a Re-envisioning of the Public Workforce System
A review of demographic trends regarding the aging workforce.
Disability Implications of an Aging Workforce: Developing an Action Strategy
Summarizes discussions on developing an action strategy that addresses the disability implications of the aging U.S. workforce.
“New Unemployables”: Older Job Seekers Struggle to Find Work During the Great Recession
Provides information about the experiences of older job seekers compared to the experiences of younger, or prime age job seekers.
Older and Out of Work: Employer, Government, and Nonprofit Assistance
Examines strategies designed to help older workers return to work.
Helping Older Workers Cope with Dislocation in an Era of Pandemics, Automation, Climate Change, and Economic Uncertainty
New research brief examines older workers and job dislocation.
New Start Career Network Roundtable with Tom Perez
Reports on a roundtable between U.S. Department of Labor Secretary Thomas Perez and several members and career coaches of the New Start Career Network.
Older and Out of Work: Trends in Older Worker Displacement
Examines the issue of unemployed older workers.
Making the Most of an Aging Workforce
Addresses the challenge of the aging workforce and looks at possible solutions for American companies.