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Employment Monitoring: Age

Existing workforce

Age of NSS employees - existing workforce - data as at 31 December 2009
Age Range Headcount
30 and under 620
31-40 922
41-50 1176
51-60 800
Over 61 145
TOTAL 3663

There is a good spread of staff across the age bands within NSS with the largest number of staff in the age band 41-50. The figures indicate that Recruitment Policies do not appear to be affected by age.

Recruitment

Age profile of NSS employees - recruitment - data as at 31 December 2009
Age Profile Applications Requested Applications Received Shortlist Pre Interview Post Interview Conditional Offer References Successful
16-24 325 314 300 74 67 31 31 61
25-40 1836 1685 1655 637 540 230 226 447
41-60 1439 1304 1247 494 418 130 127 285
Over 61 23 23 – 11 8 3 4 8
Unknown 4790 3031 1453 481 394 141 130 254
TOTAL 8413 6357 4682 1697 1427 535 518 1055

It is difficult to draw conclusions regarding applications to NSS when over 50% of applicants have not divulged their age.

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