Nowadays, older people who need employment have to compete with younger people. What problems does this cause, and what are the solutions?

The rapid increase in the world

population

has led to many problems around the world. One of them is the widespread unemployment due to

scarcity

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of

job

opportunities. Nowadays, older

people

are competing with

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younger ones for the same

jobs

which

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caused problems for both segments of the

population

. I will discuss these problems and suggest viable solutions in the following paragraphs.

Firstly

, the main problem that has risen due to

this

phenomenon is that young

graduates

find it arduous to look for a

job

that will kick start their careers. Most

job

openings, these days, require a certain amount of experience that young

graduates

do not have. Older

people

are experienced in their fields and grab those

jobs

with ease leaving many younger

people

unemployed and,

consequently

, depressed.

For example

, an opening for an accountant would require a minimum

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years experience and

this

would most definitely be taken by someone older who is looking to switch

jobs

for a better opportunity or who has changed cities and a young accountant with no or less experience would be deprived of a good

job

opportunity.

Likewise

, some

jobs

are

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for the younger ones and older

people

find it hard to secure these

jobs

.

For instance

, work requiring

up to date

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knowledge of

latest

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the latest

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technology and gadgets is suitable for younger

people

and older

people

, understandably, would fail to get

such

a

job

.

Therefore

, an older person who has done work in the IT industry throughout his life would be left unemployed, if he were to get laid off late in his career.

This

phenomenon has resulted in

saturation

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the saturation

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of the

job

market, particularly, for

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young

graduates

. I believe that certain steps need to be taken in order to alleviate

this

problem of unemployment and competition for a limited

number

of

jobs

.

Firstly

, companies should ensure

job

security for every employee and older and younger

people

, alike, should not be fired without a valid reason.

This

will serve to decrease the

number

of

people

seeking

jobs

.

Moreover

, young

graduates

should not have to compete with experienced old workers for

jobs

. A good

number

of

jobs

should be exclusively made available for inexperienced young

graduates

so that they can start building their careers easily.

Additionally

, governments should increase their efforts to provide employment to older

people

who were laid off for any unforeseeable reason like the covid pandemic.

This

will decrease the strive between the younger and older

population

for the same

jobs

. In conclusion, I would like to reiterate that the increasing

number

of older

people

competing for the same

job

as younger

people

has led to unfavourable outcomes for the younger

population

in certain scenarios and for the older

population

in certain scenarios. All of

this

could be solved if companies devise a plan to allocate certain

jobs

exclusively for young

graduates

and others for older

people

seeking employment