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Viewing older workers as an asset
By - 03-06-2010 04:10 PM
Originally Posted at: The Japan Times Online
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Regarding Yosuke Kaneda's Feb. 21 letter, "Encourage foreign students to stay": Encouraging more foreigners to settle in Japan as a solution to the growing labor shortage due to the declining and aging population would be difficult to implement and would have various negative side effects.
A much more practical and satisfactory solution would be to make it easier for the growing legions of older citizens to either stay on or return to the workforce. At present, with the exception of a few professions, most people over the age of 45 or so [who have lost their jobs] are pretty much unemployable in a full-time position. Generally, the resumes of such applicants will be automatically dismissed regardless of their qualifications and experience.
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The Japan Times Online
By - 03-06-2010 04:10 PM
Originally Posted at: The Japan Times Online
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Regarding Yosuke Kaneda's Feb. 21 letter, "Encourage foreign students to stay": Encouraging more foreigners to settle in Japan as a solution to the growing labor shortage due to the declining and aging population would be difficult to implement and would have various negative side effects.
A much more practical and satisfactory solution would be to make it easier for the growing legions of older citizens to either stay on or return to the workforce. At present, with the exception of a few professions, most people over the age of 45 or so [who have lost their jobs] are pretty much unemployable in a full-time position. Generally, the resumes of such applicants will be automatically dismissed regardless of their qualifications and experience.
Read More...
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The Japan Times Online
