Senior Talent

Many companies face the challenge of experienced employees retiring, putting valuable knowledge at risk of being lost. At the same time, many people wish to remain active after retirement, share their experience or explore new career opportunities.

SeniorTalent demonstrates how both can be achieved. Working together with companies and people aged 55 and over, the project developed solutions to make experience and know-how more visible, preserve knowledge within companies and highlight new opportunities for engagement, further training and employment.

The project was based on an international study involving 616 respondents, as well as interviews and focus groups conducted in several European countries. Based on these findings, practical training programmes, competence assessment tools and recommendations for companies and educational institutions were developed.

The solutions were successfully piloted in Austria, Finland and Latvia and are now available to companies, educational institutions and interested individuals.

Results

• Study on the needs of companies and people aged 55 and over
• Regional analyses of labour market and skills needs
• Mentoring training to support intergenerational knowledge transfer
• Training on employment and development opportunities after retirement
• Competence questionnaire for people aged 55+
• Competence questionnaire for companies
• Guide for trainers and educational institutions
• Recommendations for companies, educational institutions and policymakers
• Concepts for connecting companies with experienced professionals

Selected project results are available here:

White Paper Competency Questionnaire

Find out more about the project:

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