{"id":13638,"date":"2024-02-18T20:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-02-18T19:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.11onze.cat\/?p=13638"},"modified":"2024-02-18T20:57:32","modified_gmt":"2024-02-18T19:57:32","slug":"finding-job-fifty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.11onze.cat\/en\/magazine\/finding-job-fifty\/","title":{"rendered":"Finding a job after fifty"},"content":{"rendered":"
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According to the <\/b>Idescat<\/b><\/a>, this June 2021 there were 445,862 unemployed people. Of these, more than half (54%), specifically 240,564 people, belong to the age group of more than forty-five years.\u00a0<\/b><\/h3>\n

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These shocking data reflect that it is people close to the age of fifty who find it most difficult to get a job. What is happening?<\/span><\/p>\n

We need to ask ourselves if we can move forward as a society without counting on people who can best add value to jobs. How can the people who can bring experience, seriousness, rigour, and talent to a company be the people who find it most difficult to get a job?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Being over fifty: difficulty or opportunity?<\/b><\/h3>\n

Everything basically points to a problem of business culture, given that experience is undervalued. Apart from wanting to save and not value enough the opportunity involved in having a young worker and a senior worker together, an unstoppable tandem, <\/span>the resumes of senior professionals are automatically ruled out. So, until there is a change of mindset, it will be difficult to find a solution to this nefarious problem. One of the worries of people around the age of fifty looking for work is that they are closer to retirement age. But this should not be a hindrance, as they are people with more professional background and more experience than young people, and this is an added value.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Now, what can we do if we are in this situation? Here are 11 tips we give you so that finding a job beyond your fifties is an opportunity:<\/b><\/h3>\n