The Cost of Excluding Older Workers: The Knowledge Drain (Part II)

The most frequently cited benefits of employing age-55-plus workers are that they have experience, judgment and contacts built up over their career. Putting a value on knowledge and experience isn't easy, but clearly, time spent searching for information, building relationships from scratch and the inevitable duplication of knowledge that occurs with turnover have a price . . . (To continue reading articles or access digital editions of DiversityInc magazine, please login below.)