The traditional three-stage life—education, then work, and then retirement—is

giving way to a multistage life in which education, work, and time spent out of
the workforce all blend together. This means hiring managers should be more
“age agnostic” in their approach.
Yet some companies are reluctant to hire more older workers. Hyman says this
is because there are many misconceptions about older workers’ effectiveness,
motivation, as well as how much they might cost a company to recruit, hire,
and retain.
The most common myth might be that older workers are slow. “I have not
found that to be true at all,” Hyman says. “I know people in their sixties who are
as spry as a thirty-year-old. People are living longer and taking better care of
themselves.”
True, they’re not “digital natives.” But older people use technology all the time
in almost every aspect of their lives, from online banking to video chat.