Hiring workers over 50: why & how to increase your organization's appeal by Colin Milner and Jenifer Milner

Despite today’s high levels of unemployment, two demographic trends—the aging of the population and the shrinking number of young people—are set to reshape labor markets. Governments worldwide are grappling with the impact of these converging trends on the “dependency ratio” (the number of younger workers supporting the retired population), and on the knowledge in the workforce. One solution to both concerns is for people to work until later in life. In support, governments are raising the retirement age.