A Guide for Human Resource Professionals | Page 8

The Business Case to Hire Experience | 8 MANAGING THE GAP A  s more and more Baby Boomers reach retirement age, Canada faces a skills and labour shortage. Prepare for a skills shortage in your company. Act now to lessen a skills and labour shortage. Develop a work culture where age doesn’t equal decline. Retain mature employees and new hires to protect your human resource investment. Examine your company’s hiring practices and patterns. Reinforce that age is an asset and don’t let stereotypes about aging interfere with hiring great employees. Strengthen your workforce with diversity, including employees of all ages. Retain employees past traditional retirement age by offering flexible and creative work schedules and other incentives.