Nowadays more and more older people who are looking for work have to compete with younger people for the same jobs. What problems does this cause?

It has been seen recently that an increasing number of elderly

job

seekers are required to compete with the young population for the same work.

Although

it has become hard for them to earn a

job

,

however

, it can be combated by upgrading require skills set.

To begin

with, one of the major issues that come along with

this

competition is that it will make hard for elderly people to secure a

job

. Since most of the old workers cannot operate a computer, it would become really tough to get a

job

in any office where laptops are utilized for activities

such

as document keeping rather maintaining physical files.

For example

, my mother, who had spent 30 years working with paper based files and manuscripts, was turned down in an interview for the position of a clerk as she was lacking basic computer knowledge.

Thus

,

old

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older

people who are not equipped with technical knowledge would certainly lead to face dire consequence while competing with young people.

On the other hand

, the older generation could easily eradicate

this

rising

concerns

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concern

by acquiring or upgrading the required skill set demanded for the

job

.

This

means, by learning skills which are mandatory for the specific work, they would stand out of the crowd with the better chance to get the

job

.

For example

, an employer, looking for an office coordinator, would certainly give preference to the person who carry adequate certification and knowledge in operating computer programs

such

as MS-Word, Excel and

Powerpoint

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PowerPoint

.

Therefore

, as most of the jobs has driven through technology, unlike earlier times, people need to upgrade themselves to remain competitive. To conclude, even though elderly people will find it tough to secure a

job

when fighting young people for the same work.

However

, updating skills is the remedial solution for senior

people which

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people, which

will make them competitive when they run for a specific role in the organization.