Experience Pays
The workplace is changing because of an ageing population, but there is help available to respond and adapt with strategies and tactics to keep your business growing.
Almost 70% of Queensland employers are already affected by labour and skills shortages. So now is the time to develop age-friendly workplaces and keep older workers in the workforce.
Help for employers looking for ways to recruit, retrain or retain mature-age workers
Help
for mature-age people
looking to remain
in or re-enter the
workforce
Employer
Guide (PDF, 376
KB) Employee
Guide (PDF, 168
KB)
Employers looking to recruit, retrain or retain mature-age workers?
Information about the effects of an ageing population on our workforce and strategies and tactics to help employers prosper in a changing workplace is available through:
There is also information available here:
- Recruit -
attract applicants,
update your long-term
recruitment strategy,
recruitment policies
and processes to
attract older workers.
- Retrain -
keep the skills of
older employees up
to date and suited
to your business.
- Retain -
increase productivity,
morale and loyalty
among employees by
creating safe, flexible
working arrangements
and promoting the
value of experience
in your organisation.
- The
workplace is changing -
The ageing population
is bringing big
changes to the
workforce and your
business has an
opportunity to
not only cope with
but benefit form
these changes.
- Workforce planning -
prepare your business for the challenges of the changing workforce.
- Find
some skilled Queenslanders – Government
funded jobseeker
projects delivered
statewide resulting
in participants
that may be seeking
employment and
who may already
be trained in areas
including pre-employment,
retail, hospitality
or aged care.
Mature-age
people looking to remain
in or re-enter the
workforce?
Information about
accessing support to
remain in the workforce
or find employment
is available through:
There is also information
available here:
- Skilling
Solutions Queensland – Introduced
by the Queensland
Government, this
service provides
information about
innovative training
and retraining
opportunities.
- Finding
a job - How
and where to find
a job, improve
your skills, how
to apply for a
job, respond to
selection criteria
and write a resume.
- Government
funded jobs program -
Increase job opportunities
and improve your
skills through
community jobs
programs and community
employment assistance
programs.
- Financial
assistance -
Find out if you
are eligible for
Queensland Government
allowances and
incentives provided
to some job seekers
and employees including
those with a disability,
students, apprentices
and trainees.
- Numeracy and literacy
issues – The
Skilling Queenslanders
for Work Community
Literacy Program and
Centrelink offer language,
literacy and numeracy
training (non-Queensland
Government link)
that can help improve
speaking, reading,
writing and basic
maths skills.
- Centrelink (non-Queensland
Government link)
Last updated 22 July 2008
