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Despite the tight employment market, more than half of mature-age jobseekers aren't confident they could quickly find a new job, meaning it's time to think more broadly about how to support this cohort into work, a talent expert says.

"There is a real opportunity to boost the confidence of our mature-age workers, but also leverage their skills and knowledge to be able to fill gaps that we are seeing within our organisations and within our skills right now," says Katherine Swan, NSW general manager of HR Partners by Randstad.

At only 40%, mature-age workers recorded the lowest response of any age group when asked if they were confident they could find a new job quickly if they lost their current job, the Randstad Workmonitor 2022 shows.

"Mature workers are competing against younger age groups who are feeling really confident not only in regard to job security, but employment security compared to the mature-aged bracket," says Swan...