For years as a human resources professional, I have advocated for Orientation Retirement Training. The Federal Government for a number of years has taken the position of preparing workers for retirement 5 years out from their estimated retirement date. That is simply an accident waiting to happen. The time-frame does not give a workforce who has not been acculturated to prepare for retirement time to do it.
The approach is like putting a band-aid over a wound that is infected; merely covering up the problem to encounter a bigger problem down the road. We need to teach employees how to retire from the moment they are recruited and become members of the organization. The work-life cycle or the horizontal context of managing performance encompasses a comprehensive approach from recruitment to retirement. Organizations not adhering to that approach fail their employees on a number of levels.
Retirement Training for Newly Hired Federal Employees
If organizations and agencies expect to engender a workforce that is both productive and loyal to the enterprise, then organizations and agencies must take care of their most prized asset – the employees. The Architect of the Capitol is doing it – Orientation Retirement Training is a part of the welcoming platform for new employees. That is a strategy worth celebrating. Although, the Architect of the Capitol operates according to Congressional statue, there is concerted effort to adhere to many of the guidelines issued by the Office of Personnel Management.
Orientation Retirement Training can put out a number of fires. Employees have the opportunity to prepare for retirement during the entire tenure of their work career. When federal employees are financially and emotionally prepared to retire, then the push to scramble for incentives and other ways to move them off the rolls would be eliminated.
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