& who says that life begins at 40? If you can't find a job, life is coming to a stop then begin. These days even with experience and certification don't mean that you can still find a job when crisis hits. Age is a HUGE factor in times like this. Potential employers are playing the game smart by employing younger ones and lack experience as they are able to train them. Main factor, they come cheap. Why do potential employers dare not put "No age over 40s need apply"word in their hiring advertisements? They are afraid it may come back to haunt them as discrimination and that is what our government esp Ministory of Manpower (MOM) encourage not to do. Government have been stressing and encourage potential employers to hire people after 40 as they may be of great value to their company as they hold years of experience but so what? It is all up the potential employers weather they want to or not. If potential employers don't wish to, can our government punish them for not? Not likely! So why would potential employers want to take that risk of hiring people at their 40s?
Reading this article I felt sorry for the person who have been wasting time going through interviews after interviews in which has already written his fate. It only says one thing, be fearful for yourself that if you are not in your 40s now, you'd be like that when you reach 40s. So Government, how can we all retire at 62 years old now if we are currently facing HUGE problem in getting jobs already at 40 years old?
