NEW YORK: Most older workers are not planning for their careers in later life, only updating their skills at “crisis points” such as job loss or health problems, a new report shows.
The report showed almost four out of five workers aged 50 or older had either never, or “not recently”, spent time planning their careers.
The report showed most older workers were not investing the same amount of time or energy in career planning as school leavers or university graduates.
From more than 1800 responses to a survey on work and career planning, only 34% said career planning was very important or somewhat important to their quality of life. Half of those surveyed said it was not important.
The report also found 28% of respondents felt they did not need to be in paid or unpaid work and 18% believed career planning would not help them…