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In times of a demography-induced shrinking labour market in Europe, corporate sustainability will depend on redefining and transforming human resource practices to retain workers of all ages and backgrounds. The involvement of mature workers will be decisive for the economic success of tomorrow. As the issue of age discrimination in staff recruitment exists on a European level and many standard recruitment criteria show a strong age bias, the [European Union] EU project mature@eu aims at promoting age-neutral recruitment processes. The idea behind this concept is to consider only the qualifications, skills and competencies of job applicants, and to deliberately exclude age as a criterion. The project's objective has been to develop an open e-learning platform for recruiters, thus supporting them to become effective in age-neutral recruitment policies and practices. This article first discusses central learning needs for recruiters in relation to an ageing labour market. Then it addresses the rationale of mature@eu and illustrates some of the promising project results.

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