Despite record high job openings and difficulty recruiting talent, information technology is taking a pass on older workers. The sector notoriously skews young, with employees aged 22 to 44 comprising 61% of IT compared to 49% of the overall U.S. workforce. Employers say they’re hesitant to on board older workers due to skill discrepancies and costs, says The Wall Street Journal, but with 80% of employers also citing recruiting tech talent as one of their biggest business challenges, companies may be be finding it harder to overlook candidates.
“Not sure why this is happening. As an older IT talent, I usually stay informed and use new technology which was typically developed through other (older) technologies that I have experienced. Hence, if I was hiring, I would definitely way the strengths of both boomers and millenniums and have both at my side (I am Gen X).”