{"id":639,"date":"2012-04-10T15:55:19","date_gmt":"2012-04-10T15:55:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kerryhannon.com\/?p=639"},"modified":"2012-04-29T21:18:12","modified_gmt":"2012-04-29T21:18:12","slug":"lets-hear-it-for-the-companies-with-the-most-older-workers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kerryhannon.com\/?p=639","title":{"rendered":"LET\u2019S HEAR IT FOR THE COMPANIES WITH THE MOST OLDER WORKERS"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\"\"<\/a>It never hurts to applaud companies that take a kind view towards older workers.<\/p>\n

Last week, Waltham, Mass.-based\u00a0RetirementJobs.com,<\/a>\u00a0a web site for job-seekers age 50+, announced its rankings of Fortune 500 employers by their percentage of workers over age 50.<\/p>\n

The findings,<\/a>\u00a0pulled from public records and surveys of employers and employees, show the airline industry as having the highest percentage of employees over age 50. American Airlines held the top slot with 39 percent of its staff over age 50.\u00a0Google<\/a>\u00a0ranked among the lowest on the list, with just 13 percent topping that age threshold.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is helpful to age 50+ job seekers and existing employees to understand which companies and industries tend to employ a disproportionately high or low percentage of mature workers,\u201d Tim Driver, RetirementJobs.com founder and CEO explains.<\/p>\n

But these are just statistics. \u201cWe do not have information on whether or not these employers have committed to hiring older workers. We simply know that they do or do not tend to already employ older workers,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n

The fact is that many firms do have a true desire to hold on to older workers for the experience and expertise they provide in a competitive environment. I admit, though, it\u2019s hard to get a read from the Retirementjobs.com list precisely which ones these are, but it makes a great starting point. I encourage you to give all of the top firms on this survey the benefit of the doubt that they get it.<\/p>\n

Before you judge those employers with the least amount of older workers too harshly, consider the business. There can be a good explanation for this list\u2019s caboose companies. Maybe it really is a young person\u2019s game.<\/p>\n

Younger employees are the nature of the beast at investment banks, for example, that typically recruit droves of college grads or those with newly printed MBAs in their pocket. So it doesn\u2019t surprise me to see Blackrock (#449),\u00a0JPMorgan Chase<\/a>\u00a0(#460) and\u00a0Goldman Sachs<\/a>\u00a0(#498) lagging behind on this list.<\/p>\n

Here are some of my general takeaway notions:<\/p>\n