If B&Q can do it - why can't they all? (Ageism and Employment)

Member Name: youvebeengored

Product:	Ageism and Employment
Date:	07/02/02 (37 review reads)
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Advantages: More efficent

Disadvantages: People unable to find a suitable job

As a full time student and with little working experience this debate may not see the hwhole picture. However, I have learn't from the classroom, some areas which should be though about in detail.

Many companies do not wish to employ people who are near retirement age or have a lack of required skills such as IT, however if we look at what B&Q has done, we can see that people offer the skills required right until they are 65.

Many people I know who are nearly at retirement age, just want to keep active and be useful, and not being told that they are a waste of space. Many jobs such as those offered by B&Q meet these needs and offer adequate wages. But why has this area created so many jobs recently? Well this seems to have been caused by the ever increasing prospects which young people who have just got their A Level and Degree passes. these people want to get a good job which offers job satisfaction, as well as being highly paid. With a large proportion of these people being qualified in areas such as IT and Business, companies are trying to bring the new talent into this competitive world and take advantage of the views and opinions of these people.

Having the opportunity to replace older members of staff with bright fresh talent is a good reason for many people to employ the new and not even consider the old. This is due to the possible costs of retaining existing employees. For example, Bristol Evening Post changed their printing presses with computer operated ones, this meant that about 100 workers lost their jobs. These people who were highly trained in printing had lost their income. In this day and age, manual printer operators are not required as much as they used to be. Instead, computer operates were needed to operate the presses - and these people had no training in the printing business. Costs of training staff to be able to operate machinery is often high, mean that an often well working work force is broken down - and t
his can be inefficent.

I am sorry to say, yet most of you out there proberly already know this, technology is changing fast, and to be competitive in todays economy you must be up-to-date with technology. If you are not, you cannot complete against rival firms - and that's business for you. With fewer students seeking immediate gratification, the higher paid jobs are becoming increasingly difficult to find as the businesses are snaping up those few people who have the skills which are required in tooday's society.

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