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Older workers were brought up in an era of company loyalty. Their need to move on every two years was never as strong as today's younger workers. If they have been successful in their careers, they also have probably had enough of "moving on".

By staying in a job longer, older workers provide a living knowledge management system, increasing corporate memory.

Older workers are less likely to admit what they do not know. They have little left to prove and are more receptive to actually learning from training rather than just attending training. They ask more questions, are slower at completing exercises and in doing so retain more knowledge from training.

Older workers understand the meaning of accountability. They have less need to shift responsibility for their actions as they are less likely to feel the need to "compete". Equally, they are less likely to lose confidence over mistakes made, wanting more to correct errors than to wallow in introspection.

Creativity is seen as the purview of younger workers. Older workers have seen what works in a company's culture, what is realistic and what is not. Creativity is not necessarily about the number of ideas but more about the number of effective ideas.

As a corollary to creativity, older workers are more likely to want to see a project through from idea to implementation. They gain more pleas

ving knowledge management system, increasing corporate memory.

Older workers are less likely to admit what they do not know. They have little left to prove and are more receptive to actually learning from training rather than just attending training. They ask more questions, are slower at completing exercises and in doing so retain more knowledge from training.

Older workers understand the meaning of accountability. They have less need to shift responsibility for their actions as they are less likely to feel the need to "compete". Equally, they are less likely to lose confidence over mistakes made, wanting more to correct errors than to wallow in introspection.

Creativity is seen as the purview of younger workers. Older workers have seen what works in a company's culture, what is realistic and what is not. Creativity is not necessarily about the number of ideas but more about the number of effective ideas.

As a corollary to creativity, older workers are more likely to want to see a project through from idea to implementation. They gain more pleas

aining.

Older workers understand the meaning of accountability. They have less need to shift responsibility for their actions as they are less likely to feel the need to "compete". Equally, they are less likely to lose confidence over mistakes made, wanting more to correct errors than to wallow in introspection.

Creativity is seen as the purview of younger workers. Older workers have seen what works in a company's culture, what is realistic and what is not. Creativity is not necessarily about the number of ideas but more about the number of effective ideas.

As a corollary to creativity, older workers are more likely to want to see a project through from idea to implementation. They gain more pleas

younger workers. Older workers have seen what works in a company's culture, what is realistic and what is not. Creativity is not necessarily about the number of ideas but more about the number of effective ideas.

As a corollary to creativity, older workers are more likely to want to see a project through from idea to implementation. They gain more pleasure out of seeing something completed than the thrill of the presentation or the business case being accepted.

Organisations not only need to retain older workers but attract them. Developing strategies to attract the best of the older workers and gain the benefits of older workers will improve productivity.

Several strategies are commonly available to attract older workers. Part time working, working from home or tele-working, contract consulting and special assignments are all helpful in attracting older workers. However, by far the most successful strategy is to let people know that older workers are valued.

The tactics to use in letting older workers know they are valued is no different than it is to let younger workers know they are valued:

• Give them meaningful roles with an outcome defined as a standard of performance
• Give them training to ensure that they are competent to achieve the outcome
• Set targets above the standard to challenge them to find new ways of achieving more

A typical industry which benefits from retaining and attracting baby boomers is the hospitality industry.

The hospitality industry is characterised by transient workers, high turnover and either high levels of training and retraining or fluctuating levels of customer service. Consequently, there are negative implications for up-selling, cross selling and customer acquisition costs