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Actually, employers are interested in hiring you, as they have found that seniors provide: • Quality customer service experience • Stability Ability to initiate sales and transaction dependability Eagerness to provide support and guidance Superior communication skills Varied work experience Better ability to work with mature clientele An old-fashioned work ethic* Many employers have found that hiring older workers pro¬vides them with employees who are more likely to be punc¬tual, are more committed to quality, have better people skills, are less likely to be absent from work, are not job changers, possess excellent customer service skills, require less train¬ing, and generally have a more positive attitude. In almost every area other than their knowledge of technology, older workers provide employers with a more cost-effective hire than do their younger counterparts. Employers have also found that hiring seniors for project assignments or on a part-time basis can save them big-time dollars on benefits and health-care costs, as in most cases seniors do not expect benefits. Of course, many seniors con¬tinue working full-time for the money, and an increasingly larger percentage continue working in order to receive health¬care coverage for themselves and their family. The majority of small-business owners asked indicate that health-care benefits coverage is their biggest challenge due to increasing costs. Often the same is true for large corporations. Hiring seniors to work part-time or on temporary assignments in most cases saves these health-care benefits costs. *From Helen Foster, Mature Market Group, Tapping the Mature Workforce: An Overview & Recommendations