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Andrew Dickens: Give the jobs to the kids · Early Edition with Ryan Bridge

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  Speaker 1: Suddenly it is tough to get a job, which is
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  Speaker 1: quite amazing really, because you may remember a few years
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  Speaker 1: ago we had jobs for everyone, and then some we
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  Speaker 1: had to import people left, right and center. But now
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  Speaker 1: it's tough, and yesterday we learned that teenagers in search
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  Speaker 1: of their first job are struggling to land anything in
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  Speaker 1: the current employment market, and some are searching for as
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  Speaker 1: long as two years. It must be heartbreaking. You can
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  Speaker 1: see why we has been talking about it with Jeremy before.
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  Speaker 1: In tough times you need experienced workers, and with so
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  Speaker 1: many experienced workers losing their jobs, saying, there's a whole
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  Speaker 1: cohort of older workers floating around. They're taking the jobs
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  Speaker 1: the youngsters used to get, and you can't blame those
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  Speaker 1: older guys. You need to ditch your humility and concentrate
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  Speaker 1: on cash flow to survive in twenty twenty five. We
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  Speaker 1: all need money. I'll take a job that's below me.
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  Speaker 1: But the older generation is also filling the heat. Old
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  Speaker 1: workers are finding it harder and harder too. They may
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  Speaker 1: have the knowledge, but boss is younger than them. Sit
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  Speaker 1: there and wonder how many years have you got left
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  Speaker 1: in you? How many years can you give the company
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  Speaker 1: the souper is looming, the kids have left home, the
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  Speaker 1: mortgage is paid. You want to go fishing day? Do
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  Speaker 1: you know what? I might not put my money on you.
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  Speaker 1: It's said that we need to be a meritocracy again.
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  Speaker 1: It said that these days we need to hire the
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  Speaker 1: best person for the job. Ditch the DEI you know,
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  Speaker 1: the diversity, equity and inclusion. Find the best person for
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  Speaker 1: the job, no matter how old or young they are.
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  Speaker 1: Surely we should be hiring the experienced guys, even if
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  Speaker 1: they can only give five years, because they are experienced.
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  Speaker 1: And surely we should be hiring the kids because they
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  Speaker 1: are a great investment. They will pay their way back
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  Speaker 1: to you for the next twenty five years. So here's
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  Speaker 1: the message to middle management in these tough times. I
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  Speaker 1: go for an old guy or a young guy. Those
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  Speaker 1: guys in the middle not so sure. For more from
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