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About us

We're here...

To build a global community of older workers.

To build a presence in a world where we’re more or less invisible.

So we have a voice in a world where many aren't listening.​

Because employers and recruiters aren't coming to us so we're going to have to go to them.​

​To build a space where we can support each other, learn from each other, share our stories with each other and with the wider world.​

Workr is for people like us...people who believe it's what we bring to our work that matters and that age has nothing to do with it.​ The inspiration for workr comes from so many people in their fifties, sixties, seventies, eighties and nineties who are working and who each in their own way are living dynamic, interesting lives.​

Many of us are choosing to keep working...in a job, in our own businesses or on projects which may or may not be businesses and many of us are looking for work.

And of course, there are as many different ways of interpreting the meaning of the word 'work' as there are different people doing the work.

And we have the numbers...

500 million​​

The number of older workers there may be around the world...a number that's continuing to grow​​.

In Australia, the United States and Europe, there are currently about 60.5 million of us aged around 50 and over who are working.

Australia: 1.8m | United States: 21.8m | Europe: 37m​

Simon

Pemberton | FOUNDER

The best thing about my working life has always been the extraordinary people I’ve met, worked with, and continue to meet…and it’s the connection with people which provides the inspiration for workr.co

My first proper job was as a studio junior in an advertising agency in London’s Soho Square. It’s where I developed an abiding love of type which laid the foundations for my career, first as a typographer, then as a graphic designer and on to becoming the Head of School with a number of graphic design schools. My focus now is on building workr.co and in the process, create a place where older workers have a voice.

the road to here...

  • DIRECTOR OF THE McWHIRTER FOUNDATION (AUSTRALIA)

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  • FOUNDER AND HEAD OF SCHOOL - TRACTOR DESIGN SCHOOL

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  • HEAD OF SCHOOL - BILLY BLUE, RAFFLES KVB AND CATC

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  • NATIONAL PRESIDENT OF THE AUSTRALIAN GRAPHIC DESIGN ASSOCIATION

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  • NSW PRESIDENT OF THE AUSTRALIAN GRAPHIC DESIGN ASSOCIATION

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  • FOUNDER OF THE AUSTRALIAN TYPE DIRECTORS CLUB

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  • PUBLISHED “ON THE SHOULDERS OF GIANTS” - A BOOK AND VIDEO DOCUMENTARY FEATURING INTERVIEWS WITH 13 OF AUSTRALIA’S LEADING GRAPHIC DESIGNERS

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  • A NUMBER OF ARTICLES PUBLISHED IN A RANGE OF DESIGN MAGAZINES

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  • MORE THAN 50 AWARDS IN ADVERTISING AND GRAPHIC DESIGN IN AUSTRALIA AND THE UK

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  • MEMBER OF NUMEROUS GRAPHIC DESIGN AWARDS JUDGING PANELS

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