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COMPETITIVENESS OF SENIORS(60+)
BASED ON SCIENTIFIC FINDINGS
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Do seniors lack physical strength?
- Physical strength of seniors has little effect on their job performance, except for jobs requiring high-intensity physical strength.
- Seniors are becoming much healthier compared to those of same age in the past.
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Do seniors lack the ability to learn new things?
- Age has little effect on learning ability.
- Seniors can learn very well when taught by effective methods of education and training.
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Do seniors lack physical strength?
- No. While fluid intelligence which is innate usually declines with age, crystallized intelligence which is acquired via education, training and experiences increases with age.
- Overall, seniors are capable of making better judgments than younger people.
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Do seniors lack physical strength?
- Old age (aging) does not necessarily lead to low productivity.
- The misconception that aging leads to low productivity is a form of prejudice against seniors, especially considering the fact that elderly CEOs outnumber young CEOs.
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Do senior workers require higher salaries?
- According to international studies, hiring seniors does not equivalent to higher salaries.
- The misconception of increasing wages with age may come from the seniority-based wage system in which wages increase with age, not from the capacity-based wage system in which wages are determined by productivity.
