1. EWE PROJECT Research in Spain Situation and results

2. EWE Project. Research in Spain Research not finished yet. To be finished by the 10th June. Questionnaires submitted till now: – 7 employers, 6 trainers, 10 trainees.

3. EWE Project. Advanced results. – Young workers are preferred in general for several reasons: economic, preparation and flexibility. – Senior workers are preferred for very specialized jobs, or for hard jobs. – All the users perceive the age as a barrier. Some trainers pointed out the need of motivation. – Differences between hiring women or men: More than a half of the employers think there are real differences (economic, assertivity, communication competences, work in groups, conflictivity...).

4. EWE Project. Advanced results. – 50+ women don't work for: Lack of opportunities. Many years out of the labor market. More inconvenients than advantages. Family models. – Labor market should change: Improve 50+ women skills. Mixed programmes of training and job.

5. EWE Project. Advanced results. – 50+ women find attractive: Any kind of job opportunity: they are flexible. Services centered on the person. Jobs that offer them the opportunity to fulfill economic expectations. Have the right to get a retirement pension. – 50+ women competences: Manual jobs. Services focused on the person.

6. EWE Project. Advanced results. – Good examples: Local programmes of home assistance to elderly people. – Special difficulties: Long periods of inactivity. Lack of professional skills.

7. EWE Project. Advanced results. Highlights: – All the target groups agree that long periods of inactivity and the lack of professional competences are barriers for 50+ women. – Some trainers partially disagree and observed that 50+ women are more competent than what they think themselves, and pointed to the need of programmes to improve their self-steem.

8. EWE Project. Advanced results. Highlights: – When asked about what 50+ women find attractive, employers and trainers focused on specific jobs. Almost 50% of trainees, giving some examples, answered that any job would be good. – The need of feeling themselves useful is a common idea expressed by the trainees, and for the trainers as well.

9. EWE Project. Advanced results. Highlights: – Only 2 trainers and 1 employer was able to give a good example on 50+ women good practice. – When talking about job satisfaction, trainers and trainees pointed more on personal factors. Employers pointed more on socioeconomic factors.

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