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Counselling Mature Workers - alis
Explore these articles to discover important context, effective practices, and ways to collaborate with employers when providing career counselling to mature workers.
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Important Context for Counselling Mature Workers

Mature workers may be changing career paths voluntarily or involuntarily. In either case, consider the common concerns, myths, and challenges your clients may face.
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Resources for Mature Workers

Are you over 50 and looking for work or thinking about retirement? The information and resources here can help you make your career decisions.
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Effective Practices for Counselling Mature Workers

Learn how to help mature workers cope with job loss, identify their strengths, and stay current on employment options and the labour market.
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Employment Counselling for Mature Workers

Help your mature clients bring their work search skills up to date, manage age bias, explore alternatives to full-time work, and consider their learning options.
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Working With Employers to Recruit and Retain Mature Workers

As an employment counsellor for aging clients, you’ll need to advocate for the health and safety, productivity, rights, and well-being of mature workers in ways that benefit everyone in the workplace.