Wednesday, February 7, 2018

Conquering Ageism In The Workplace

By Christine King


When it comes to applying for a certain position, most people only apply for the position if they know that they are suitable or qualified to handle that role. Ultimately, they may be 100 people that are qualified to take on one specific at all. Ultimately though it is the decision of the company as to who they choose to hire. In most cases if you get older people applying for the specific position, the younger people always chosen and accepted while old people are declined. The specific practice is referred to as ageism in the workplace.

Ages and basically affects people who are above a certain age. When you apply for the job certain information is required of you that you must provide. One of those details is your age. So ultimately irrespective of how experienced you are, you may be declined purely based on your age.

So what basically happens is that a position is advertised and then you get a number of applicants applying for that specific role. Ultimately, the applicants will range and different in age and qualifications as well. Ultimately, when it comes to choosing the most suitable candidate, most companies go with the younger applicant. This could be due to stereotypes related to growing older.

In most cases this happens in all different types of companies. It doesn't matter whether that is a large corporation, , or a small business enterprise. Ultimately, it this type of discrimination is practice across the board irrespective of the size of the company. So where it happens is irrelevant.

It is not something that has been happening since now, it has always been happening and is taken place for the past couple of decades. This is mainly because a certain stereotypes attached with all people. It also has created a sort of generational gap between employees as well.

That is why this happens is very unclear. However, when it comes all boils down to why it is being done, it is obvious to see that's older people are discriminated against. Although companies cannot prove that younger people are more suitable or qualified for the position, they have this general mentality that older people are stickier and less healthy than young people.

While younger people may not necessarily be healthier than older people, because everyone is individuals. The fact that there is a stigma attached to older people or middle age people is what basically prevents them from actually getting the job. While this may seem like a fairly ridiculous argument, the fact of the matter is that it does happen in reality.

So if you are ever faced with this predicament, you definitely should fight for your rights. If you know that you are able to do a job more competently than the next individual who is being hired, you should basically fight for your rights. In most countries the mandatory retirement age law has been abolished, and some countries that even coming out with anti-discrimination laws that are preventing companies from declining you for the position based on your age only.




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