Broken hiring costs the UK £75bn each year, with inefficient processes leaving valuable talent behind. One overlooked area is workers over 50, who make up 33% of the workforce. With 26% of over-50s currently inactive, employers are missing out on a highly skilled and experienced talent pool.
Timeless skills: embracing age diversity at work is a complimentary guide designed to help employers understand best practice and promote fairness for older workers in their organisation. It explores why multigenerational workforces matter, the barriers older workers face in finding and staying in work, and the practical steps employers can take to build more inclusive workplaces.
Produced by The Better Hiring Institute in collaboration with Reed Screening, Aviva, Brave Starts, Centre for Ageing Better, Henley Centre for Leadership, ProAge, leading UK experts, and UK government, this guidance brings together critical insight in one clear and practical resource.
Why download the guide?
Understand the business case for age diversity:
Learn why age-inclusive hiring matters and how it can help organisations access a wider talent pool, improve retention, and strengthen performance.
Build stronger multigenerational teams:
Explore the value of workforces that bring together different perspectives, experiences, and strengths across age groups.
Identify barriers for older workers:
Gain insight into the obstacles that can affect people over 50 when applying for roles, progressing at work, or remaining in employment.
Take practical action:
Find clear guidance on what employers can do to make recruitment and workplace practices fairer and more inclusive.
Support better hiring outcomes:
See how fairer approaches to hiring can help reduce exclusion, improve workforce participation, and create long-term benefits for organisations and the wider economy.
What’s inside?
Why multigenerational workforces matter and the value they bring to organisations
The barriers faced by older workers in finding and staying in work
Practical steps employers can take to promote fairness and age diversity
Insight from The Better Hiring Institute, employer partners, UK experts, and UK government
Guidance to help create more inclusive recruitment and workplace practices
This guide is designed for HR leaders, talent acquisition teams, hiring managers, business leaders, and anyone responsible for recruitment, workforce planning, or inclusion who wants to build a fairer and more effective workplace.
The guide offers more than an overview of age diversity at work. It provides a practical starting point for employers who want to widen access to talent, support older workers more effectively, and strengthen their organisation through better hiring.
Download your free copy of ‘Timeless skills: embracing age diversity at work’ to explore the evidence, insights, and actions that can help your organisation benefit from a more age-diverse workforce. Your copy is available to download at the top of this page.