2023-10-21 10:59:08
More and more retirees are keeping a job. Need for stimulation or financial income: what are their motivations? And while we are talking regarding a shortage, can those aged 65 and over be part of the solution? The magazine 15 Minutes looked into the question.
“When I retired, I spent the first month on the couch and I was starting to become unhappy, I was going around in circles. So I told myself I had to find something.” Now aged 69, Raphaël Armici has worked as a nurse at Palexpo for four years. He went through a temporary agency. This job keeps him busy on average 4-5 days per month.
Like him, more and more retirees are deciding to continue their professional commitment. At 65, when retirement age is reached, almost one in four people (27.1%) is still active, according to figures from the Federal Statistical Office. This is regarding 4 points more than ten years ago.
Social contact, financial aspect: the reasons vary. “What guided me was above all the stimulation of my brain and the desire to be useful. This also allows me to put butter in the spinach,” explains Raphaël Armici.
>> Listen to the 15 Minutes report: These retirees who continue to work / 12:30 p.m. / 2 min. / yesterday at 12:40
Retirees in good shape
“Retirees are in better health,” notes Rita Galván, who this week in Lausanne hosted a retirement preparation seminar offered by Pro Senectute, via its AvantAge program. “Some people feel good physically and mentally and wonder why stop.” Those who decide to still work often do so part-time.
Among today’s participants, some are considering volunteering instead. And not everyone understands this desire to continue working: “It doesn’t make me want to. But if people have to do it, that’s something else,” explains a future retiree.
Costantino Serafini, head of the AvantAge program, observes that this theme comes up more easily in seminars: “When we talk regarding financial aspects, people make their budget and some then consider continuing to work.” According to him, “companies will have to get used to working with older people, given the aging of the population.”
A solution to the shortage?
But are businesses really ready? “I think that some employers are ready, but that there will also be a lot of education work,” responds Frédérique Béguin, head of operations at Activis, a new platform for connecting retirees and companies. “In any case, this will be an essential solution because we will find ourselves short of personnel.”
While we often talk regarding the difficulties people over 50 have in finding a job, isn’t there a paradox in hiring people over 65? “Retirees are not necessarily ready to work 100%. They have different requirements than people over 50,” estimates Frédérique Béguin. According to her, “highlighting the work of seniors can only be an asset for both age groups”.
Raphaël had no difficulty finding a job in the health field. Until what age does he see himself working? “My age limit will be dictated by my physique and my mind.”
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