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Benefits of Applying to the AARP Best Employers for Workers Over 50 Program

All employers who apply to the AARP Best Employers for Workers Over 50 program, including the honorees and those who are not honored, receive valuable feedback about their application and instructive workforce management materials. Additionally, employers who are selected as one of the AARP Best Employers will receive other benefits, including national and local media recognition, opportunities to publicly showcase workplace best practices, use of the AARP Best Employer logo in recruitment efforts, and an invitation to attend an awards dinner celebrating the honorees.

Benefits for All Applicants

Everyone who applies for this program gets:

Feedback That Compares Your Organization to Other Applicants

Even if your company or organization is not selected as one of the AARP Best Employers for Workers Over 50, you will receive feedback about your application to help you address the needs of mature workers. This feedback will describe how your organization's scores compares to the scores of all applicants as well as just those applicants in your industry.

Relevant Research and Management Tools

AARP will provide you with research-based management tools to help you build and retain a competitive edge in today's labor market.

Benefits for Honorees

In addition to the feedback, report and management tools that all applicants receive, if your company or organization is chosen to be an AARP Best Employer for Workers Over 50, your selection will be heralded in many ways, giving your company or organization the following benefits:

National Recognition in the Marketplace

As an AARP Best Employers for Workers Over 50-honoree, you will be recognized by AARP in leading national media outlets. In the past, this has included key business publications such as "The Wall Street Journal," "Business Week," "Fortune," and "HR Magazine."

Local Recognition in Your Community

As an AARP Best Employer for Workers Over 50-honoree, you can tout your accomplishments through your local media. In addition, AARP's local office in your state will work with you to bring attention to your designation to our members and other audiences.

Access to 35 Million AARP Members

AARP Best Employers for Workers Over 50 are featured in "AARP The Magazine", AARP's premier magazine reaching 35 million members. AARP members will also read about your "story" and accomplishments through other AARP publications and venues, such as "The Bulletin; AARP's Hispanic newspaper, "Segunda Juventud;" and the AARP Web site.

Use of the AARP Best Employer Logo in Your Recruitment Efforts

An employer with good policies and practices for an older workforce is undoubtedly a good place to work for all workers. Honorees can use the AARP Best Employers for Workers Over 50 logo in their recruitment efforts to demonstrate their commitment to valuing an age diverse workforce. (The AARP Best Employers logo can only be used in personnel efforts, not to help promote the Company's products or services.)

Convene and Celebrate with the Best

As an AARP Best Employer for Workers Over 50, you will be invited to attend a prestigous awards dinner held in honor of your company or organization and other recognized honorees. This awards dinner gives our honorees an opportunity to network with other leading businesses who are ahead of the curve in reconizing the competitive edge they have in valuing the mature worker. Special invited speakers have included, Financial Expert Jane Bryant Quinn; Entertainer Candice Bergen; and Heavyweight Boxing Champion, George Foreman.

Showcasing Best Practices

As part of the AARP Best Employers for Workers Over 50 awards dinner, AARP hosts an annual national conference addressing issues related to the aging of the workforce. AARP Best Employers honorees have the opportunity to showcase best practices to an audience of business executives, policymakers, academics and advertisers.

The deadline for the 2008 Best Employers for Workers over 50 application is closed. Return to our Web site in September 2008 to see the winners of 2008 Best Employers for Workers over 50 and to access the application for the 2009 Best Employers award.