Too old to learn? 45+ and training

If we want to maintain our standard of living, we are all going to have to work longer. Those aged 45+ today have at least fifteen working years ahead of them. Investing in them is not a waste of time. Professor Ans De Vos and researcher Jonathan Remue on why we need age-aware training and development policies.

Ans De Vos: “Nowadays many people over the age of 45 have no personal development plan. And that speaks volumes. It means that your employer assumes that he’s already seen everything you have to offer, and that anything he hasn’t seen won’t come to light now anyway. He doesn’t expect you to make any more major career moves. But is he right? Many women in their mid-forties, for instance, have had their foot off the throttle until then, working part-time. For them 45 is the age to start catching up. But employers don’t plan for that any more.”

Read the full article in the September issue of Vlerick reflect magazine