Young people are often the first to suffer when job opportunities are scarce. In which ways does age affect employment opportunities ? how might employers deal with the issue fairly ? Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience .

Nowadays there is a scarcity of jobs available what, in turn, lead to a high level of competition among
people
who are willing to get a vacancy. Due to the
fact
that young
people
have a lack of
experience
and knowledge
companies
might prefer not to hire them in
order
to take risks.
Also
, in the regard to an older generation, despite the
fact
that they have a
lot
of
experience
and are likely to understand perfectly their
work
their strength and energy might decrease with years and
this
might impact their
job
opportunities. On the
one
hand, because of the
fact
that there is a limited number of vacancies available to apply for there is a competition and the
age
of
people
is likely to influence a final decision of employees.
First
of all, younger
workers
might do not have enough
experience
and practical knowledge to show
an
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outstanding performance at
work
.
Therefore
,
employers
might decide not to give them a place because they do not think that young
people
can improve
b
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usiness’ results and
work
efficiently. Another example of
age
influencing
job
opportunities is related to much older
people
, who, in turn, have a
lot
of
experience
and are likely to know their
work
in a perfect way, but,
on the other hand
, at the old
age
people
tend to suffer from various disease and have a lack of energy and strength.
Also
, memory deteriorates over time,
therefore
this
factor and factors mentioned before
,
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might decrease the value of an old worker for a firm.
On the other hand
, when the society is fighting for human rights and
an
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equality among
people
it might be better to find a solution to
this
issue, in
order
to give everyone similar opportunity to get a
job
.
First
of all,
employers
could introduce
a
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special training for young
workers
in
order
to give them more practical knowledge and an
experience
of working in a business. In
this
way, employees might become productive faster and show outstanding
work
result, because of the
fact
that, admittedly,
y
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oung generation has completely another way of thinking and solving the problems what, in turn, might have a significant impact on their efficiency. In the regard to older
employers
, the company could shorter their working hours, in
order
to keep valuable
people
at
work
and try not to overload them. To conclude, because of the
fact
that
job
vacancies are limited
employers
have to make a choice and there is always an opportunity cost, which means that choosing
one
option the company might
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the benefit from another
one
.
As
a
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result
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companies
spend a
lot
of time on decision making and look at different criteria of
workers
in
order
to choose the
one
who can make the biggest contribution to the company.
Age
is
one
of the criteria and it
influence
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a
lot
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people
’s
job
opportunities since young
workers
have a lack of
experience
and older ones might not have some health problems.
However
, in
order
to give equal chance to everyone,
companies
can provide young employees with
a
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practical training and, in the regard to older
people
,
companies
might reduce their working hours.
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