▶ Your Answer :
It is true that competition between
younger and older people have become increasingly acute in the current labor
market. There might be some negative effects in relation to this situation, and
some suggestions should be considered in order to tackle the problems.
The main problem is that the old might experience
hardship of getting a decent job in the current society. For
example, qualification requirements from companies nowadays is inclined more on
the younger people due to the development of computer
science such as IT, computer engineering and mobile communication service and
so forth. By reason of this employment trend, the older people are forced to work
hard, dirty and difficult jobs, which cause low
quality of life. Moreover, as long as companies prefer to hire new college graduate
to pay cheaper salaries, the aged 50 or over who are over qualified with higher
salary level are the least desirable in the selection process of the companies.
In order to curve the problems mentioned
above, the governments’ assistance and the old people's effort are required. Firstly, the governments should educate the old about new job requirements. By doing this, the old people might have a better job opportunity in keeping pace with the recent labor preference of companies and therefore they could experience better standard
of life. Secondly, setting a legal standard is another possible
solution. That is to say, enacting liable law such as hiring the old employees proportional to the younger labors could give more chance to be employed to the old people. This legislative support should be combined
with changing of the senior citizens' fixed idea in relation to their wage rate,
which means that although they have an experience in advance compared to the young, they should admit
the remuneration rate as much as new college graduates receive.
In conclusion, it is increasingly difficult for the old people to find decent jobs, while they are compete with the younger people. In order to solve this social problem, both the governments' assistance and the older people's effort are required.
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