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Ageing population will be the next challenge of the world population, we are living longer and the growth is at the top of the pyramid not at the bottom.

How Lucy Kellaway got to change her journalist profession to become a math teacher in her late 50’s. She explains why we all need to revisit our careers when we feel we are hitting a burnout and how we can all work into our seventies if the government would recognise the talents of this generation but also will realise that they need that generation to continue working because of the shortage of people entering the workforce.

A good example of a company recruiting staff  with a focus on their skills instead of education is Linkedin. They experienced that the jobs fallout from the pandemic had thrown up some good candidates in unexpected places. Click here to read more about the importance...

'Golden years at work are the hidden treasure of the old' is another article by Camilla Cavendish about the importance of working beyond retirement age and how society, the economy and government will benefit if we embrace the ageing workforce. At the moment...

How can we all work longer? A matrix developed by Silverforce Coaching is explained in this article about the working time bomb which argues that a strategy is needed to ensure our older workers can work much later life.

Deloitte’s 2020 Global Human Capital Trends with an interesting section on the postgenerational workforce. All generations will need to reinvent themselves a few times during their careers and it will be more normal to see younger generations fulfilling leadership positions.