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05/07/2011
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Speeding up your search for jobs
Are you looking for some of the excellent jobs London has to offer but getting tired of the process? Finding a job doesn’t have to be a drawn-out affair. If you know how to go about it the right way you will be sitting in your new position in no time! All you need to do is plan out your job search accordingly.
"An unhappy new year for older job-seekers" says Chris Ball
Commenting on labour market figures released today (Wednesday 14 December) by the Office for National Statistics, Chris Ball, Chief Executive of TAEN – The Age and Employment Network, says:
“This is another set of contradictory figures that will bring little in the way of seasonal cheer to many older jobseekers. While we welcome an increase of 31,000 to 7.4 million in the number of people aged 50-64 in work, it is disheartening to see that long term unemployment continues to be a significant problem for the over-50s.
It's too early to tell whether today's statement from Vince Cable's is good news for employers says enei
With the Government having unveiled plans to overhaul employment tribunals and make other changes to employment law, Denise Keating, CEO of leading age campaigners, the Employers Network for Equality and Inclusion (enei) says:The UK's 66 over 66
WRVS Gold Age Power List tackles society’s stereotypes by celebrating the UK’s most influential pensioners.
WRVS, the age positive charity, today unveiled the Gold Age Power List. The list celebrates individuals who are continuing to make significant social and cultural contributions to the UK over the age of 66. They defy stereotypes and the misconception that the UK’s ageing population is a looming disaster because it represents a “burden” and “drain on society”.
Live webchat on retirement and how to tackle retirement issues
On 25th May 2011, retirement and insurance specialist LV= will reveal how the nation’s over 50s are planning for and living their retirement years in its fourth annual State of Retirement Report.
The Report will address how and where people are saving for retirement and what they think of the Coalition Government’s pension reforms.
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Older women outstrip men in employment rise
Older workers and jobseekers will be cheered by the latest labour market statistics, published today by the Office for National Statistics, showing that the overall number of people between 50 and 64 in employment rose by 56,000.
However, TAEN – The Age and Employment Network notes the growth in jobs is tilted in favour of older women by four to one.
English Language Courses for Youngsters
The importance and significance that the English language holds amongst the global population today is truly staggering. One only needs to see the number and variety of English Language Courses available to understand the status that this language has with people around the world.
Mature Times survey reveals professionals 'struggling' to afford retirement
Less than a third of professionals aged in their 50s can afford to retire when they planned, according to new research.
Nearly three quarters - 72 per cent - will have to continue working past their desired retirement age and 36 per cent of those have no idea when they will be able to stop work.
Just 28 per cent of those polled can afford to retire when they had planned.
Number of over 65s working at highest level but older people suffer longer unemployment
The number of over 65s in work has reached the highest level since comparable records began in 1992 according to the latest round of labour market statistics published by the Office for National Statistics.
Mature Times editor moving on
Tony Watts, founding editor of Mature Times, one of the UK’s largest circulation 50+ publications, has left to take up other projects.
Tony, now 58, originally helped establish the newspaper, which has a 200,000 national circulation, in 1991, and left after three years but continued to write for the paper.
In 2004, he helped form another company – Highwood House Publishing - to buy the business back and has since then helped build the title into the UK’s only campaigning newspaper for the ‘grey market’ with over half a million readers. And its website www.maturetimes.co.uk is now one of the largest dedicated sites in the country aimed at the 50. He also regularly commentates on 50+ issues on regional radio and television.
‘Employers have nothing to fear’ from the removal of the DRA says the Employers Forum on Age
The Government’s response on the consultation of the phasing out of the default retirement age (DRA), published today, (Thursday 13th January) will see an end to forced retirement from October 2011. Here, the Employers Forum on Age (EFA) give their comments.
Starting your own business? There is help!
Growing numbers of older people have turned their back on the nine to five and are using a lifetime of experience to go it alone. Laurie South is Chief Executive of PRIME, the UK charity that helps over 50s set up their own business. Here he sets out the assistance that is readily available.
2011 Census creates 35,000 temporary job opportunities - with older people's skills in demand
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) has launched a national recruitment campaign to fill 35,000 jobs across England and Wales. A spokesperson for the campaign told Mature Times that the 'people skills' and dedication of older people will be particularly welcomed.
