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When HR professionals were asked what they view as disadvantages of hiring older workers, the most frequently indicated was that they do not keep up with technology (53%), followed by older workers cause expenses such as health care cost to rise (36%) and older workers are less flexible compared to younger workers (28%), according to a 2003 SHRM report.
Collison, J. (2003). Older workers survey. Alexandria, VA: Society for Human Resource Management Research Department.
“Invitations went out to 2,500 SHRM members with 357 invitations returned. The survey received a 20% response rate, with 428 HR professionals completing it. The following report analyzes the results of the survey. It contains numerous tables and charts that capture the participants’ responses and includes a copy of the survey questionnaire at the end. The results are first analyzed by overall responses and then by industry, size, and sector.” (p. v)
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