The young Managers

The young Managers – how internet is revolutionizing hiring practices

Who would you vote to be your boss- your young fellow with a lot of enthusiasm and motivation or the experienced and wise middle-aged man? Such an easy question, but what a difficult choice! And that’s a choice the HR department has to make every year.

While every individual is different in capabilities and skills, this is something that has been ambling in the industry since aeon. The question of age discrimination has now taken a new turn and it happened since the advent of the technological boom. With the daily accretion in new scientific thingamajigs, the archaic concept of “experience and wisdom” has finally become banal in the market’s eyes.

What used to happen was people with longer working period and involvement in the particular field was given a preference over the others as their decisions were considered to be well versed with the happenings of market. They were given early promotions, annual raises and other perks for the expertise they provided while the newcomers felt that their hard work was left unnoticed.

This changed when computerisation hit the industries universally. Suddenly, the world was left open on the internet and every firm had to keep up with the radical mechanisation. A rapid increase in demand for computer and technological experts changed the entire scenario as young workers with swift learning abilities and better scientific knowledge were trusted upon.

As more and more work was trusted into the hands of the younger generation, they became the ones to reap the benefits while the experienced players lacked behind with nothing but wise words. But this didn’t stop here. As per the current scene where everyone has a working knowledge of computers and the World Wide Web, work ex is once again gaining momentum.

Is this a pendulum swinging from young to experienced players decade after decade? Are we sensing the right pattern? Only time can tell.

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