In seeking for employment there is a tight competition among job seekers. In this situation, the older people are not exempted. They often compete with young professionals in seeking for a job. This situation disadvantages the elderly job seeker and if they were successful in landing a job, their costumer and company may be affected in a negative way.
Older people have the lesser chance in landing a job compared to the young one due to their slower motor skill. Elderly people are slow due to their age. They cannot move as fast as the young people and employer may see this as a drawback in employing them. For instance, in a restaurant, being a waiter requires that you are quick is serving customers and this cannot be done by old people.
For jobs which require an experience and knowledge, for example, system administrator and computer programmer older people have the edge over young people and likely to be hired. Young and inexperienced professional may have a hard time in landing a job due to their elderly competitor.
There are several ways to mitigate these issues. One of which is to categorize job according to age. Employers should have an age limit in recruiting for a certain job position. For example, in looking for a Cadet Engineer young and inexperienced professional should be the only one allowed to apply. In addition,
A training must be conducted among elderly job seeker to become competitive against young graduates. If they acquire the skills that they need for the job they will become as valuable as their young competitor.
In seeking for employment there is a tight competition among
job
seekers. In this situation, the older
people
are not exempted. They
often
compete with
young
professionals in seeking for a
job
. This situation disadvantages the
elderly
job
seeker and if they were successful in landing a
job
, their costumer and
company
may be
affected
in a
negative
way.
Older
people
have the lesser chance in landing a
job
compared to the
young
one due to their slower motor
skill
.
Elderly
people
are slow due to their age. They cannot
move
as
fast
as the
young
people
and employer may
see
this as a drawback in employing them.
For instance
, in a restaurant, being a waiter requires that you are quick is serving customers and this cannot
be done
by
old
people
.
For
jobs
which require an experience and knowledge,
for example
, system administrator and computer programmer older
people
have the edge over
young
people
and likely to
be hired
.
Young
and inexperienced professional may have a
hard
time in landing a
job
due to their
elderly
competitor.
There are several ways to mitigate these issues. One of which is to categorize
job
according to age. Employers should have an age limit in recruiting for a certain
job
position.
For example
, in looking for a Cadet Engineer
young
and inexperienced professional should be the
only
one
allowed
to apply.
In addition
,
A training
must
be conducted
among
elderly
job
seeker to become competitive against
young
graduates. If they acquire the
skills
that they need for the
job
they will become as valuable as their
young
competitor.