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Centre for Ageing Better

This report concentrates on one aspect of the recruitment process and illustrates the negative impact ageist language can have on older workers. It's a part of the Good Recruitment for Older Workers (GROW) project.

More than a third of the UK workforce is over 50 (ONS, 2021), and many of those workers will want to move jobs or re-train in different industries as they work for longer. This means it is particularly important to make sure that older workers are not discriminated against in the recruitment process and that everyone has a fair chance at finding a job or getting a promotion. While some employers are aware of the benefits of having older workers in their workforce, older jobseekers still feel that they are disadvantaged in the recruitment process (Centre for Ageing Better, 2021b). This report concentrates on one aspect of the recruitment process and illustrates the negative impact ageist language can have on older workers.