Employment And Over Aged Candidates
Employment And Over Aged Candidates Though some companies would prefer a more youthful labor force, the older applicants still have a wide variety of profession choices to choose from. Employers are beginning to see the potential of older and much-experienced candidates as can be seen by the stats below: In Australia, Bureau of Statistics showed that between the period of August of 1989 to that of August of 2003, the labor force aged 15-24 lost more than 380,000 tasks to older employees. Aside from the reality that most of Australia's younger generation ended up being full-time students, companies preferred the older candidates. In Netherlands on the other hand (by December of 2000), over 500,000 thousand of their employees are 55 years above and old. This figure had been increasing progressively because 1995. To have a head start from the younger applicants, one has to think about the following: 1. In writing one's resume, put more weight in highlighting the acco...