Study Overview

States as Employers-of-Choice

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The aging of the public sector workforce presents challenges and opportunities to state agencies as it does to all employers.  Those that see themselves as employers-of-choice that can successfully recruit, engage, and retain older workers, as well as younger workers and workers at midlife have found workplace flexibility an important component of an effective workplace .
 
States as Employers-of-Choice is a collaborative project being conducted by the Twiga Foundation, Inc. of Boise, Idaho and the Center on Aging & Work at Boston College.  This project is sponsored by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.

Study Goals & Objectives

The States as Employers-of-Choice project:

• Promotes the adoption of workplace flexibility practices for the public sector workplace in state agencies.  
• Encourages increased awareness of the aging public sector workforce
• Assesses the readiness of states to be “employers-of-choice” for the public sector workforce.
• Provides technical assistance and tools to help states become “employers-of-choice” for workers of all ages.

Project Components

The State as Employers-of-Choice project offers resources and learning opportunities to state agency administrators with HR responsibilities.   As a result of the generous support of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, there are no costs to participating state agencies.  Participants will be given access to:

• Confidential Benchmarking Report for Survey Participants
• On-site technical assistance provided to selected states
• Dialogue with other states in Virtual Learning Circles
• On-line HR Planning and Practice Tools

Currently on-going: The State Initiatives at the Center on Aging & Work is currently gathering information from state agencies across the country about their experiences with recruitment, engagement and retention.  If you are interested in this study or have questions, please contact Marcie Pitt-Catsouphes.

Coming Soon:
For PARTICIPANTS IN THE STATES AS EMPLOYERS-OF-CHOICE
You will soon be able to access a password-protected section of the website that will include special resources for project participants.

State leaders interested in learning more about the project are invited to contact Patricia Kempthorne at or Marcie Pitt-Catsouphes.