Schneider National Inc. was recently named an AARP Featured Employer for being committed to aggressively recruiting, hiring and retaining mature workers.

The AARP event, held in Washington, D.C., expands the organization's Featured Employer program from 13 to 24 by recognizing 11 major companies that strive to help Americans ages 50 and over remain in the workforce as desired. Since the program's inception in February, nearly 500 companies have contacted AARP seeking to participate in the program. AARP has limited the program to a select group of 24, which now includes Schneider National.
Schneider National was selected as an AARP Featured Employer based on its hiring practices, benefits and opportunities for mature workers. This year, 14 percent of Schneider's newly hired employees were age 50+, including 15 percent of the company's professional truck drivers. Schneider has a long history of hiring mature Americans, with truck driving becoming an increasingly popular second career choice for thousands, because of company-provided driver training and innovative scheduling programs. In addition to professional truck drivers, Schneider has hired mature workers for roles in operations management, sales, information technology, customer service, maintenance and others.
"One of the reasons Schneider National has been able to consistently grow over the past 70 years is because we've long recognized the skills and life experiences mature employees bring to their jobs," said Christopher Lofgren, president and CEO of Schneider National Inc. "We fully embrace this segment of the workforce. There's no doubt they are critical to our ongoing success."