Sunday, September 05, 2010
Exploring working and ageing: new publication and forthcoming workshop
Are there differences in how older workers learn? What are their best strategies of keeping up with changes in their job, or taking up a new job? And what can employers, governments and the world of training professionals do to encourage successful active ageing? A new Cedefop publication - and a forthcoming workshop – seek answers to these questions. The phenomenon of longer working lives can be examined under many angles.
The public debate on ageing at work, which focuses on financial issues, sees it as an unavoidable result of demographic trends. The contributors to Cedefop's new study, however, look at the possibilities this trend opens up for people, workplaces and the labour market as a whole.
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