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SHRM-AARP Partnership 

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 AWARDS

AARP BEST EMPLOYERS
FOR WORKERS OVER 50 AWARDS

SHRM co-sponsors AARP’s 2013 Best Employers Award
The CEOs of SHRM and AARP – Hank Jackson and A. Barry Rand – announced via video at the 2012 SHRM Annual Conference in Atlanta that SHRM is co-sponsoring AARP’s 2013 Best Employers for Workers Over 50 Award. The deadline for applications is November 12, 2012, and the winners will be honored during SHRM’s 2013 Annual Conference in Chicago.

SHRM-AARP Press release on 2013 Best Employer Award co-sponsorship
Describes the SHRM-AARP co-sponsorship agreement, with details on how to apply for the Award competition and quotes by AARP and SHRM CEOs on the importance of honoring organizations with outstanding older worker programs.

Links to apply for the AARP 2013 Best Employer Award
These links provide details on the 2013 Best Employer Award and allow representatives of organizations to complete the application form or recommend their organization for consideration.

2011 Award Winners
In 2011 AARP honored its ninth group of employers offering the best programs and benefits for older workers.  Read the best practices case studies of the 2011 winners, as well as those of the winners from past years.

SHRM-AARP Video Announcement of 2013 Best Employers Award Co-sponsorship
View the video shown at SHRM’s 2012 Annual Conference in Atlanta announcing SHRM’s co-sponsorship of AARP’s 2013 Best Employers Award. The video features the SHRM and AARP CEOs, as well as Fernan Cepero, SVP of HR at the Rochester YMCA, a six-time winner of AARP’s Best Employers Award.

SHRM Co-sponsorship of 2011 Awards Ceremony Program
SHRM served as the co-sponsor for AARP’s September 13-14, 2011, Best Employer Awards Dinner, CEO Roundtable Luncheon, and Thought Leadership Panel Discussions in Chicago.  A September 14 SHRM blog describes this co-sponsorship.

Hank Jackson’s Congratulatory Messages to the 2011 Award Winners
SHRM’s CEO congratulated the 2011 Award winners via a message posted on the SHRM and AARP web sites and then congratulated them through personal remarks at the three AARP events in Chicago honoring the winners.

Health-related Organizations Top AARP Best Employer Awards List
September 9, 2011, SHRM online article describing the programs and the types of organizations on the winners list for AARP’s 2011 Best Employer Awards.

 SHRM-AARP ARTICLES

Benefits for Older Workers
Article by Tamara Lytle in the March, 2012, issue of HR Magazine. It includes a long quote by AARP CEO, Barry Rand, highlighting his view that not enough corporate leaders today recognize the advantages of older workers as part of their diverse workforces. The article also includes best practices and quotes by senior executives of Scripps Health and the Rochester YMCA, two of AARP’s 2011 Best Employer Award winners.

Rand: Keep Experienced Workers from Walking Out the Door
February 1, 2012, opinion piece by AARP CEO, A. Barry Rand, on SHRM’s Diversity Discipline Web Page. Mr. Rand advises HR professionals to make a strong business case to their organizations’ top management for the need to retain and engage experienced older workers. He also outlines eight key  elements of a solid older worker strategy that HR professionals should implement as soon as possible

Smart Employers Recognize that Keeping Mature Employees on Board is a Winning Strategy
February, 2012, article on the AARP Employer Resource Center Web Page. It explores several options HR professionals should consider to help them retain and engage older workers. Several other articles can be found on the same AARP web page.

Avoiding the Boomer Drain
November, 2011, HR Magazine column by SHRM CEO, Hank Jackson, describing the challenge for the U.S economy of impending retirements by older employees and the need for HR leadership to retain and attract these employees.

Will I Ever Work Again?
Article in November, 2011, AARP Bulletin, with case studies of unemployed older workers and a section with tips by SHRM CEO, Hank Jackson, to improve older candidates’ chances of landing a job.

Five Ways to Prove Your Worth
November, 2011, AARP The Magazine piece on ways older workers can prepare themselves for today’s job market, including advice by Hank Jackson and a section on the winning organizations in AARP’s 2011 Best Employers for Workers over 50 Awards.

 PARTNERSHIP OVERVIEW

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In July, 2010, the CEOs of the Society for Human Resource Management and AARP – Hank Jackson and A. Barry Rand – launched a new partnership to increase awareness of issues facing older workers and to provide strategies and resources to address those issues.
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HR and the Aging Workforce:  Two CEO Points of View
October, 2010, special insert in HR Magazine with articles by Hank Jackson and A. Barry Rand, giving their perspectives on the challenges of an aging workforce for the U.S. economy and the role of the SHRM-AARP Partnership in raising awareness about those issues.

 SHRM-AARP RESEARCH

SHRM-AARP Strategic Workforce Planning Poll (April, 2012)
Follow-up research to the 2010 joint SHRM-AARP poll.  The new poll provides fresh data on the level of strategic workforce planning by U.S. organizations for the impact of baby boomer retirements.  It also analyzes the steps being taken by organizations to address this challenge and identifies the top perceived skills gaps between you and older workers.

SHRM-AARP Press Release on 2012 SHRM-AARP Strategic Workforce Planning Poll (April 9, 2012)
Describes the latest results of the 2012 joint poll, with quotes by SHRM and AARP CEOs, Hank Jackson and A. Barry Rand.

SHRM-AARP Strategic Workforce Planning Poll (November, 2010)
Looks at the level of strategic workforce planning by organizations to identify potential skills gaps resulting from baby boomer retirements, as well as the extent of HR programs designed to retain, engage and recruit older workers

SHRM-AARP Press Release on Strategic Workforce Planning Poll (November, 2010)
Describes the results of the joint poll, with quotes by SHRM and AARP CEOs, Hank Jackson and A. Barry Rand

 WORKFORCE ASSESSMENT TOOL
Assessment Tool Overview
SHRM is now co-sponsoring AARP’s free online Workforce Assessment Tool and is promoting its use among HR professionals as a cost-effective instrument for identifying potential skills gaps resulting from baby boomer retirements.

Quotes from Assessment Tool Users
More than 3,000 organizations have used the AARP Workforce Assessment Tool.  Read quotes from a few users who have found it especially valuable.

Take the Assessment Tool Survey
Log into the AARP-SHRM Workforce Assessment Tool at the link below and take the survey in about 40 minutes, which will give you a snapshot of your retirement-age workforce currently, as well as in 2015 and 2020.  Also, find out how you can improve your programs for your older workers in eight key areas.

 EVENTS

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Avoiding the Boomer Drain:
HR Strategies and Best Practices
This April 10, 2012, SHRM webcast, which carried recertification credit, featured Bob Carr, SHRM’s SVP for Marketing & Communications, and Jean Setzfand, AARP’s Vice President of Financial Security. It looked at key HR strategies that should be integrated into an overall talent management program for today’s multi-generational workforce.

Redfern PhotoAARP Speaker at SHRM’s 2012 Annual Conference
Ed Redfern, Senior Issue Specialist for AARP Education & Outreach, gave a June 25, 2012, concurrent session presentation at the SHRM Annual Conference on the topic, “Talent Management for an Age Diverse Workforce.”

Baltimore SHRM “Well-Seasoned Workforce” local chapter conference
SHRM’s Baltimore chapter organized a successful  September 20, 2011, conference, featuring SHRM and AARP speakers.  The event, which was co-sponsored by SHRM, AARP and McCormick Spices, discussed “recipes for success” in retaining and attracting older workers.

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 Fred Emmert | fred.emmert@shrm.org
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