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In some countries, it can be very difficult for people over the age of 50 to get good jobs, despite their experience. What do you think are the causes of this problem, and what measures could be taken to solve it?

#countries #people #age #jobs #measures
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companies
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 started to fire and stop hiring
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 above 50
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 have their reasons and justifications
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 why they are doing these. Some directors have said that
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 mind than younger
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 have stated the lack of creativity and energy of their former workers. As well, many
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 in South America
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 as Itausa and Petrobras, have stated in public press conferences their ageism against older
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. Many relevant psychologists
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 Zimbardo have requested American
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 to take away the age of their workers and start doing psychometric and creativity tests to define if they should hire them or not. They say it's important to never judge a book by its cover so never judge a person by their age, everyone should get a chance. A very solid argument is that
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older
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 have more experience and they know how to work in certain situations that other
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 do not.
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people
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 know how to handle fights between workers and know better the market where they are working, so they can benefit the company in many ways. In
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 situation because they are not getting jobs and they can not maintain their families.
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 are looking for new
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