Some people think that older employees are more useful to a company. Others believe that in modern world young employees are more useful. Discuss both views and give your opinions.
In recent times, it is commonly argued whether a corporation should recruit older
staff
or young staff
. I personally believe that hiring a person should focus on the needs of the work itself because older employees
and young employees
have their own merits.
On the one hand, the company
prefers hiring older employees
since they are more experienced and stable. In general, some firms are not willing to spend extra time
training their new joiners about basic professional knowledge such
as office tools and communication skills. Experienced staff
could adapt to the new position and fresh working environment faster than young ones as they were trained by previous employees
. Similarly
, older employees
do not jump to new companies frequently and are not emotional when facing job challenges. Therefore
, companies will face a lower risk of talent loss if they hire older employees
. In addition
, older employees
are good at controlling emotions, for example
, when facing different clients or stakeholders from other departments, older staff
can focus on the solution rather than being angry.
On the other hand
, there are two main reasons that it is widely found that young people are popular in the human resource market. Firstly
, young staff
are more ambitious in their career development than experienced ones in the company
, and they strive to present better work output by bringing innovations to the company
such
as technology enhancement, new working methodology and skill improvement. Secondly
, corporations prefer young employees
because they can contribute more time
to their jobs. Generally, youngsters do not have family care burdens including children's education, parents' care and financial pressure, as a result
, young staff
are able to spend more time
at work. Adversely, older people face more pressure from their families, which can distract their attention and cost their time
.
In conclusion, both older and young employees
have their own advantages, it is hard to make a judgement to say which one is more useful to a firm. Therefore
, hiring older or younger staff
should be based on the job requirements of the company
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