Event Details

Program:             You’re Hired! Why it Pays to Recruit, Retain, and Invest in Encore Workers.

Speaker:              Jenn Prunty, Director, My Glacier Village

Date:                     Thursday, March 14^th, 2024

Time:                    11:30am-1:00pm

Place:                    FVCC, Arts & Technology Building, Room 139

                               777 Grandview Drive, Kalispell, MT 59901

Program Overview

Let’s face it. Recruiting talented people these days is daunting. It’s a cutthroat labor market for employers struggling to fill key jobs amidst a shrinking talent pool. As if Covid 19 and its multiple variants were not sufficiently daunting, Montana employers face the aftermath of the so called Great Resignation in which more than 47 million Americans quit their jobs in 2021. Another challenge: the demands of younger workers for higher pay and perks, greater flexibility, and more fulfilling roles. That’s why enlightened organizations are reimagining the contributions retirees and encore workers bring to the workplace and are aggressively recruiting them to fill a variety of jobs. Encore workers are stable, reliable, versatile and resilient, and their business savvy, social skills, and digital fluency are invaluable attributes. They know how to solve problems and get stuff done.  

In this fast paced, highly interactive workshop, Jenn will explore....

• Why retirement can be the most fulfilling time in an individual’s life, and why encore workers bring hard won expertise, passion, and wisdom to the workplace.
• How we can acknowledge and confront our own unconscious biases about aging, and how such biases impact talent acquisition decisions.
• Why encore workers provide significant value adds to their employer as content experts, mentors, and coaches for younger employees.
• Success stories about how encore workers have contributed massively to building vibrant, inclusive and productive workplace cultures.
• Action steps HR professionals can take now to build support for hiring and deploying older and retired workers.

Workshop Objectives

• Creative, cost effective strategies to attract and retain encore workers without breaking your recruiting budget.
• “How we did it” examples of organizations who successfully hire, promote, and retain encore employees---the ROI in hiring older workers.
• How to stand out as an “age friendly” employer in a hyper competitive labor market.
• How HR professionals can enlist the support of C-Suite leaders to attract senior workers.