Gen Z and millennials prioritize purpose-driven work, environmental responsibility, and mental health support in their workplaces. They seek jobs aligned with their values, ethics, and well-being, demanding action on climate change, mental health resources, and ethical leadership. These generations also stress the importance of work-life balance.
Rising living costs, especially for healthcare and long-term care, drive retirement anxiety. Employees worry that increasing medical expenses and inflation will deplete their retirement savings.
Concerns about losing income support during the transition to employment, along with language barriers, education levels, and age discrimination, are major obstacles. About 12,000 respondents cited disability discrimination as a significant job search barrier.
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For these young women, increased sexual appetite is closely tied to improved mental health. About 22% of Gen Z women linked their enhanced desires to better emotional well-being, highlighting how returning to a social workplace positively impacts those who experienced isolation during lockdowns.
Over the past 20 years, the participation rate for Australians aged 60 and above has more than doubled. Specifically, the rate for men in this age group rose from 10% to 19%, and for women, it increased nearly fourfold from 3% to 11% by April 2021.
By 2030, 150 million jobs will shift to workers over the age of 55, a figure nearly equivalent to the entire working population of the US. In G7 countries, experienced workers are predicted to make up a quarter of the workforce by the end of the decade, nearly 10 percentage points higher than in 2011
