Episode 152: How Does it Feel to be an Older Worker Struggling to Find Work

How Does it Feel to be an Older Worker Struggling to Find Work? In this episode of Work and the Future, economist and keynote speaker Linda Nazareth talks to Nicky Taylor, a former media executive who has struggled to find work as an older worker and now does random jobs including stacking shelves at a […]

Episode 65: How Will Longer Life Spans Change Work Lives?

How will work have to change to accommodate longer life spans? A child born today has a 50 per cent chance of living to one hundred, but even now we know the workforce is aging. In turn,  that means we need to change both organizational policies and our own actions. Ken Stern, host of the […]

Why the K-Shaped Recovery Will Not be Kind to Older Workers

I have been talking and writing about the K-Shaped economic recovery for a while now. Basically, some sectors and individuals are going to be in favor over the coming years and some are not, with the split between the two getter ever larger. In many cases older workers, unfortunately, are resolutely going to be on […]