Untapped Talent: Leveraging Older Workers for Business Growth
November 19, 2025 1:00 EDT
Unlock the potential of a dynamic and experienced workforce with our “Untapped Talent: Leveraging Older Workers for Business Growth” webinar. In this session, we will unveil exclusive SHRM research that sheds new light on the value, trends, and opportunities associated with older workers in today’s labor market.
Discover how organizations are leveraging the expertise, mentorship, and institutional knowledge of experienced professionals to drive business success. We will address common misconceptions, present data-driven insights, and offer actionable strategies for recruiting, onboarding, and retaining older talent.
Join us to explore:
Key findings from SHRM research on older workers.
Benefits of integrating experienced professionals into your teams.
Practical steps for inclusive recruitment and retention.
Whether you’re a business leader, HR professional, or workforce strategist, this webinar will provide insightful guidance and rigorous analysis to help your organization harness the full value of untapped talent.
SHRM Knowledge Advisors will join the live webinar to answer your questions in real time—right in the chat. If we don’t get to your question during the session? No problem, SHRM members can head to SHRM Connect after this webinar to keep the conversation going with advisors for 30 extra minutes. This benefit is only for members who join the live webinar and not included later on demand.
Meet the Presenters
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Ashley Miller
Ashley Miller, M.A., SHRM-SCP, is SHRM’s Director of Thought Leadership Operations and Partnerships. Over the last decade, she’s served in a multitude of roles across SHRM, including driving functional transformations, redefining strategies for business functions, building new initiatives, translating research to insights for internal and external stakeholders, and leading strategic partnerships. Prior to joining SHRM, Ashley was a human capital and workforce consultant for public, private, and government sectors organizations to build competency models, conduct job analyses, design and validate selection systems and assessments, and execute change management initiatives. She holds a master’s degree in industrial/organization psychology.
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Jenny Perez
Jenny Perez, Ph.D. is a Researcher on SHRM's Thought Leadership team. She develops and leads public-facing research studies in collaboration with SHRM Government Affairs and the SHRM Foundation to provide HR professionals, organizations, and policymakers with data and insights on the world of work. Jenny has led research on a variety of topics including untapped talent pools, modernizing FMLA, talent trends, and the global workforce. Jenny holds a Ph.D. in Industrial-Organizational Psychology from The George Washington University.
SHRM certification has approved this webinar for 1 PDC toward SHRM-CP or SHRM-SCP recertification. A program code will be provided at the end of the webinar.