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Asia Pacific Career Development Association Conference
RMIT University Saigon South Campus, Ho Chi Minh City – Vietnam, 21-25 May 2019
Jennifer Luke & Roberta NeaultAustralian Collaboratory
for Career Employability &
Learning for Living (ACCELL)
Life Strategies Limited
Jennifer [email protected]
aClearOutlook
Career Development Practitioner & Educator
University of Southern Queensland, Australia
Doctoral Research Candidate
Australian Collaboratory for Career Employability &
Learning for Living (ACCELL)
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Roberta [email protected]
@RobertaNeault
President, Life Strategies Ltd.
Chilliwack, BC, Canada
Project Director, Canadian Career Development
Foundation (CCDF), Ottawa, ON, Canada
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The aim of this presentation
is to contribute research
that can promote policy and
professional practice
conversations about the
value of older workers
AND….
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• their career development needs
• how to support their career
engagement
• the importance of transferring
their knowledge through effective
and meaningful mentorship to
younger mentees.
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AGEING WORKFORCE
• Organisation for Economic Cooperation & Development (2002)
• International Labour Organisation (2015)
• Australian Government Intergenerational Reports (2010, 2015)
Governments & policy makers are
alarmed by an ageing society with
workforce productivity needing an
injection of skills from older workers.
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OECD (2019), Labour force participation rate (indicator). doi: 10.1787/8a801325-en
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OECD (2019), Labour force participation rate (indicator). doi: 10.1787/8a801325-en
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FIRST FOCUS on the
OLDER AGE GROUPS
Do they wish to return to work?
What are their needs, worries and motivations?
How do they need to adapt?
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Jennifer Luke
Current PhD Research
Extend on MEd investigation
into motivation and career
adaptabilities of retirees
seeking an encore career.
Now focus on how to
how to build their career
adaptability and transfer their valuable skills to the younger
generation through mentorship.
Roberta Neault
Career Engagement
model (Neault and Pickerell, 2019)
Will be discussed as an
effective bridge between
career counselling of older
clients and employee
engagement.
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PhD researchOlder workers, retirement
and re-engaging with work
Jennifer Luke
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Life Span – Life Space
GROWTH
Birth - 14
EXPLORATION
15 - 24
ESTABLISHMENT
25 - 44
MAINTENANCE
45 - 64
DISENGAGE
65+
Mini-cycling
RE-ESTABLISHMENT
Super (1980)
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Initial MEd Research
What motivates a person in retirement to re-enter career?
Semi-structured interviews with 22 retirees.
Age range: 56 to 78 years. Male & Female in Queensland, Australia.
All participants either working or volunteering.
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Thematic Analysis (Braun & Clarke, 2006) was conducted on the interview transcripts.
22 initial codes
5 Themes
EMPLOYABILITYThe themes within a
person’s stories make
meaning from traits,
adaptations, and
experiences in the
world.
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RESULTS
CAREER ADAPTABILITIES
Concerna future orientation to working
Controlsense of autonomy over work tasks & vocational future
Curiosityinterest in learning & developing new knowledge
Confidencefeeling positive about ability to contribute to workplace
Career Construction Theory (Savickas, 2005)
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PUBLICATIONA Thematic Analysis of Career Adaptability in Retirees who Return to Work
Luke, J., McIlveen, P., & Perera, H. N. (2016).
A thematic analysis of career adaptability in retirees
who return to work. Frontiers in Psychology.
doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2016.00193
Current PhD Research
Extend on MEd investigation into motivation
and career adaptabilities of retirees seeking an encore career.
Now focus on how to assist in
transferring their valuable skills to the
younger generation through mentorship.
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feeling
InsignificantOver half of participants genuinely
felt unsure that their career history and
experience would be interesting &
significant enough to others.
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seekMEANINGFUL WORK
• In all interviews, participants spoke of their values.
What gave them a sense of accomplishment.
For each participant that was interested in
being a mentor – they wanted to be within a
workplace that gave them flexibility of time,
confidence, social inclusion and feeling
significant as well as be respected.
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Case StudiesOlder workers, retirement
and re-engaging with work
Sample of participants interviewed for
Jennifer Luke’s PhD research with inclusion of
Career Engagement Model by Roberta Neault
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Career
Engagement
Model
Strategic alignment of internal and external
capacity with level of challenge
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Career Engagement Definition
“The current emotional and
cognitive connection to one’s career;
. . . a state in which one is focused,
energized, and able to derive
pleasure from activities linked to
work and other life roles”
~Pickerell, 2013, p. 4
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Two Routes to Disengagement
Challenge
too high for
available
capacity
Challenge
too low for
available
capacity
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Female – 65newly retired to focus on family
• University qualified social worker.
• Extensive experience in counselling within
hospitals, not-for-profits and high education
(15 years at a University).
• Retired to focus on becoming a grandparent.
• Offered to return for casual hours at university
the following year if needed.
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Female – 65newly retired to focus on family
• Very humble about their accomplishments and feel
insignificant.
• Her adult children only see her as their mother and
never as a professional and respected counsellor.
• Will always help immediately to get a project
moving and still wants to give back to the
community.
• Was well respected by her peers for her experience
and guidance.
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Case Conceptualization –Retired Counsellor
• At risk of feeling underutilized and, eventually, disengaged
• Explore potential new challenges
• Find ways to continue to contribute
• Keep up social connections
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• After High School became a Hydraulic factory
worker for 1 year.
• Studied and became a Cardiothoracic Nurse
then Hospital Intensive Care Unit Manager.
• Now volunteers at a Historical Restoration
Society and provides First Aid lessons to
community groups.
Male – 68retired and now volunteers
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Male – 68retired and now volunteers
• Very friendly, confident and a good leader /
communicator with all ages.
• Had enjoyed teaching and mentoring other nursing
staff grow in their roles.
• Retired from work due to physical health but still
active in volunteer work
• Also is married with a number of grandchildren and
has a father in a nursing home that he visits often.
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Case Conceptualization – Retired ICU Manager
• Reduced capacity (physical health
concerns)
• Requires less challenge to
achieve engagement
• Current additional challenges
from complex life roles
(caregiving for grandchildren and
father in a nursing home)
• Volunteering and teaching First
Aid part-time helps to align
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Male – 85retired then returned to work
• Mechanic, small business owner and missionary
(Australia and in Papua New Guinea)
• Retired and moved back to Australia
(age early 70s)
• Volunteered time at a local mechanic workshop.
• Offered fulltime work as a roadside service
mechanic. Still in this role.
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Male – 85retired then returned to work
• Is accustomed to taking a leadership role in his
community.
• Is very straightforward and has strong opinions.
• Was concerned about research topic until he
realised it was focusing on the value of older
worker’s skills and knowledge (and not an ageist
attack).
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Case Conceptualization – Mechanic, 70+, back at work
• Underutilized in retirement
• Capacity recognized in his
volunteer role
• Now actively engaged in
his new community
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Current PhD Research
Extend on MEd investigation
into motivation and career
adaptabilities of retirees
seeking an encore career.
Now focus on how to
how to build their career
adaptability and transfer their valuable skills to the younger
generation through mentorship.
Roberta Neault
Career Engagement
model (Neault and Pickerell, 2019)
Will be discussed as an
effective bridge between
career counselling of older
clients and employee
engagement.
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A conceptual framework for
strategic structuring of
- Gradual/phased retirement
- Retirement activities
- Return-to-work plans
- Mentoring opportunities
- Integrated life roles
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Without a strong understanding of the
psychological factors that motivate an
older worker to become a mentor and the
adaptability required of them to transition
successfully back into the current multi-
generational workforce….
the labour market will be ill prepared
in its ability to support the re-integration
of this valuable cohort.
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THANK YOUJennifer Luke & Roberta Neault
aClearOutlook
RobertaNeault
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