Employment And Over-aged Applicants
Employment And Over-aged Applicants Some companies would prefer a younger labor force, the older candidates still have a large range of career options to choose from. Companies are beginning to see the potential of older and much-experienced applicants as can be seen by the stats listed below: In Australia, Bureau of Statistics revealed that between the period of August of 1989 to that of August of 2003, the workforce aged 15-24 lost more than 380,000 tasks to older employees. Aside from the truth that the majority of Australia's more youthful generation became full-time students, employers preferred the older applicants. In Netherlands on the other hand (by December of 2000), over 500,000 thousand of their employees are 55 years old and above. This figure had actually been increasing progressively given that 1995. To have a head start from the younger applicants, one has to consider the following: 1. In writing one's resume, put more weight in highlighting the ac