Is age 74 the new 47 for job hunters? According to an article in the August 23 Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, it may well be.
According to manager Greg Gardetto, 43, who hired 74-year-old Ron Mulvaney to sell mattresses for Verlo Mattress Factory, “I hardly look at this as charity work to bring someone in who’s older. . .He already knows how to interact with people.”
To those of us who are over 40—the age at which some begin to tag us as “older workers”—that seems to state the obvious.
But obvious or not, scarcity of good employees and increased need or desire of “mature” people to contribute their gifts in the workplace seem bound for what could be a happy collision.
Interfaith Older Adult Programs is an important player in helping older workers find jobs. Writer Joel Dresang says that employment services director Pat Delmenhorst is noticing that employers seem more willing to consider mature workers.
After all, who would prefer immature workers?
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