Yet another study by the Australian Bureau of Statistics, involving 2.6 million mature-age workers, has found 13% never want to retire, and 41% intend to transition into part-time work before they retire.
That’s over 1 million people hoping to leave full-time work and take up a part-time arrangement, for 65% of them, with their current employer.
Despite the many warnings to Corporate Australia of the need to retain their mature-age workforce, and the benefits of servicing an increasingly mature-aged marketplace with age-appropriate employees, all the evidence suggests Australian employers are not listening. Age discrimination against mature-age job seekers, and the disproportionate representation of mature-age employees in retrenchment and downsizing activities, continues unabated, despite the existence of blatantly ineffective laws banning such practices.
My strongest recommendation to those mature-age workers banging their heads against an employer-constructed wall of discrimination – “Create and control your own future – catch the entrepreneurial bug and start your own business.”
Who better than these mature-age Australians seeking to remain engaged and productive to recognise and develop the limitless niches of demand created by their similarly-aged peers?
Take control of the next phase of your life! Develop the working lifestyle that accommodates your unique wants and needs, and takes full advantage of your business skills, life experiences and interests.
If starting down a totally untried path doesn’t sit well with you, we’d love to have a chat with you at 1-Call, wherever you live!