Successful implementation of AI needs older workers with wide business and industry experience, according to the authors of a Harvard Business Review article. European and US employers show a pronounced bias towards younger candidates among US companies when it comes to recruiting for roles involving regular use of AI, they note. Research showed that in Europe 33% of companies said they were likely to consider hiring candidates over age 55 for such roles, while 86% were likely to consider those under 35. Across the Atlantic a similar proportion (32%) said they would “likely” consider candidates over age 60 for heavily AI dependent roles, compared with 90% who were likely to consider candidates under age 35. The writers argue that employers are making two big assumptions: that AI will transform the way people work and that older workers aren’t suited to using it. “While we’ll have to wait and see how the first assumption shakes out, we know right now that the second is wrong. And unless it’s challenged, both workers and employers will lose out.”
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