Better with Age: Benefits of Hiring Older Workers
We live in a world where working is seen as a young man’s game. According to a 2020 study published by the National Bureau of Economic Research, workers over the age of 40 are only about half as likely to get a job offer as younger workers if employers are aware of their age. This idea that the older an individual gets, the less useful they become as a worker is unfounded, and arises from a concept called ageism, meaning to discriminate against someone based on age. Luckily,