I love things that last and provide value. I also like a lot of other things, too, including the ability to wax poetic on anything I like to…
Including:
The amount of machines that can still run Windows 10 well on only 4GB of ram;
How inaccurate weather forecasters can be with respect to precipitation. This doesn’t actually provide value unless you’re talking about comedic value;
Old music and how listening to it provides value by reminding me how good the artists and their compositions were compared to contemporary music efforts.
Experienced workers that more consistently produce high levels of work compared to their inexperienced counterparts with more formal education. This is something that rarely gets attention in the media, but certainly could use some. Quality-minded older workers also last as long as they want to;
How nothing takes the place of life experience in all job circles. You can rely more heavily on the experienced worker. If it’s an important piece of work, enjoy the confidence that comes when these workers handle the job.
Term limits for more things besides politicians
Think what a fresh perspective it would bring to journalism and news reporting. The same tripe that gets published these days and seems to go on forever, would not be able to occur if we gave reporters the boot from their assignments after eight years. Just like a two-term president.
I’d like to be able to give value to this statement: What percentage of jobs actually requires more than a high school education? Sadly, not a very high one. Yet, employers largely still publish job postings with a minimum Bachelors degree requirement. There are some areas and companies that are accepting equivalent experience, but there are not enough of them.
Ever since I got out of the Navy and was denied applying to newspaper jobs because I didn’t have a Bachelors, I thought how a whole segment of the population (and myself) were being excluded from filling jobs for a silly reason.
Today more than ever, if we will not accept equivalent work and/or job/life experience, then why not come up with a test or exam for each job that insists on a bachelors degree, to include all the high school graduates that could perform the job duties same or better than the person with the sheepskin?
What it comes down to sometimes is someone going out on a limb in order to give someone else an opportunity they might not otherwise have.
Courageousness on the part of the hiring community, however, is sadly in short supply.
I’ve always thought the regret-free guarantee that comes with hiring someone that passes a basic aptitude test for any given job or role description, should be enough to check the box and move forward.
The leadership bonus
This is something that originates from the Captain Obvious in me: Experienced workers are easily better leaders than their less experienced counterparts.
When life experience is in short supply it can create a leadership vacuum for those companies that insist on passing over older workers and opting for the less expensive, albeit severely inexperienced freshly minted undergraduate.
Ageism is real
Do your part to help eliminate this backroom anti-hiring of experienced workers tactic. You’ll be happier and rewarded for bringing someone onboard who is one of the many experienced workers who rage against age.