4th Annual Wisdom & Experience Works For Business Awards

Encore Palm Beach CountyWe are excited to announce the date is set for The 4th Annual Wisdom & Experience Works For Business Awards event!

If you are an Age-Friendly Employer in Palm Beach County or would like to learn how to receive this prestigious designation for your organization – stay tuned! Details are being finalized for the September 26th Breakfast event at the Airport Hilton in West Palm Beach.

As in previous years, nominees and sponsors will post their job boards on the Encore website so that 50+ job seekers can find employers welcoming mature workers.

Do you know an organization that is Age-Friendly and values the wisdom & experience of the mature worker in Palm Beach County?

Submit their nomination, support them, and contribute to the Encore efforts to recognize this valuable and growing resource of the 50+ workforce.

Nominate your company and join us at the 2024 Annual Wisdom & Experience Works For Business Awards event, September 26th Breakfast event at the Airport Hilton in West Palm Beach.

4th Annual Wisdom & Experience Works for Business Awards Links:

Nominate an Employer: https://forms.gle/LG8sgmAgpN9Sc3BJ6
Sponsor the Event: https://bit.ly/3Jo0wnz
Register to Attend: https://bit.ly/4culjTZ
Visit: https://www.encorepbc.org/wisdom-experience/

Bookmark www.EncorePBC.org for news as it happens!

Encore Palm Beach County is pleased to introduce our:
Age-Friendly Employer Palm Beach County Certification!

LEARN HOW YOUR ORGANIZATION CAN RECEIVE THIS PRESTIGIOUS DESIGNATION! Click this link: https://forms.gle/v2aCpmPteT5V7ZJS7

The 2024 Annual Wisdom & Experience Awards will recognize the best of Age-Friendly Certified employers, as well as all the nominees for the Wisdom & Experience Award (Certification not required).

Join us at the 2024 Annual Wisdom & Experience Works For Business Awards Breakfast, September 26th at the Airport Hilton in West Palm Beach.

Congratulations to our previous winners of the Wisdom and Experience Award, who have qualified to receive this prestigious designation: Certified Age-Friendly Employer Designation, Palm Beach County.

2023 Annual Wisdom and Experience Award:
Optimum RTS — Optimum RTS — Private Sector
The City of Delray Beach — Public Sector
Boca Helping Hands — Small Non-profit
Broward Health Systems — Large Non-profit
2022 Annual Wisdom and Experience Award:
Optimum RTS  Private Sector — For Profit
Alzheimer’s Community Care — Non-profit
2021 Annual Wisdom and Experience Award:
The School District of PBC — Large Employer Category
The Club at Ibis — Small Employer Category

The Age-Friendly Employer Palm Beach County Certification designation exemplifies that these organizations recognize the value of the mature worker, and the knowledge, maturity, reliability, and productivity, they provide, as well as your commitment to provide meaningful employment, development opportunities and competitive pay and benefits. We encourage all businesses in Palm Beach County to apply for and receive this prestigious Age-Friendly Employer designation.

Meet the Judges for the 2024 Wisdom & Experience Awards

Shannon Armstrong J.M., HR Professional

Darron Davis, PHR, SHRM-CP, Manager, HR, School District of PBC

Joan Greenberg, Regional Director, Manpower

Mandy Long, PHR, SHRM-CP, Chief of Staff, Global Mainframe

Trey Scully, Sales manager at ExtensisHR

Meet the Winners of the 3rd Annual Wisdom & Experience Works for Business Awards!

Karen Roberts as the Master of Ceremony

List of all winners by Category:

Public Sector Category – The City of Delray Beach
Private Sector Category – Optimum RTS
Small not-for-profit Category – Boca Helping Hands
Large not-for-profit Category – Broward Health Systems
Media Advocate Award – Renowned economist, author, and journalist Chris Farrell
Community Partner Award – Career & Employment Services

Sculpture for Wisdom & Experience Awards

Making the Case For the Older Worker in the Intergenerational Workforce

WHY DO COMPANIES NEED TO THINK ABOUT THE VALUE OF MATURE WORKERS?
BECAUSE FUTURE PRODUCTIVITY WILL DEPEND ON THEM.

Chris Farrell, in his book Purpose and a Paycheck, quotes PwC,  the giant global consulting firm:  “If the United States increased its employment levels of older adults to New Zealand’s, the American economy would expand by over $815 billion.”

And this from Accenture, in collaboration with Oxford Economics:  Increasing the number of older people in the workforce and making productivity-enhancing investments in their skills could boost U.S. gross domestic product by $442 billion and lift employment levels by 5 million by 2020.”

Multigenerational Workplaces: Challenges and Potential

Manpower: Will Baby Boomers Break the Workforce? Preparing for a Long-Term Talent Shortage
Forbes: The Benefits of Hiring Seniors
Esquire: The Seismic Shift About to Happen
Harvard Business Review: The Case For Hiring Older Workers
Hire Right: The Surprising Benefits of Hiring Older Talent
Workplace Age Discrimination Still Flourishes in America
When No One Retires
How the Collision of Two Megatrends will upend the Workforce
Massive Shift: Older People will Exceed a Quarter of G7′s Workforce by 2031
Ageism in the Work Place: Companies Breaking the Mold
Can Co-Mentoring Reduce Ageism in a Multigenerational Workforce
Integrating and Leveraging the Skills of Older Workers
Better with Age: The Rising Importance of Older Workers
AGE IS NOW A STRATEGIC IMPERATIVE: AN EMPLOYERS GUIDE TO ENGAGING OLDER WORKERS
February 2020 Encore PBC Connection Newsletter
The Case for Hiring Older Workers
The UN and AARP Team Up for Age-Diverse Workforces
OVERLOOKED AND SIDELINED: Workers at the Intersection of Age, Race, and Gender
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