Older workers tend to resist change more than younger workers because they ________.
A、have less invested in the current system
B、have more invested in the current system
C、have confidence in themselves
D、have less to lose
A、have less invested in the current system
B、have more invested in the current system
C、have confidence in themselves
D、have less to lose
A.do harm to younger generations
B.end up with few or no benefits
C.give play to their potentials
D.shed light on social trends
Unemployment and economic need for work is higher among older women, especially minorities, than among younger white women. A national council reports these findings: though unemployed longer when seeking work, older women job-hunt harder, hold a job longer with less absenteeism (缺勤), perform. as well or better, are more reliable, and are more willing to learn than men or younger women. Yet many older women earn poor pay and face a future of poverty in their retirement years. When “sexism meets ageism, poverty is no longer on the doorstep it moves in,” according to Tish Sommers, director of a special study on older women for the National Organization for Women.
Yet a 1981 report on the White House Conference on Aging shows that as a group, older Americans are the “wealthiest, best fed, best housed, healthiest, most self-reliant older population in our history. “This statement is small comfort to those living below the poverty line, but it does explode some of the old traditional beliefs and fears. Opportunities for moving in and up in a large company may shrink but many older people begin successful small businesses, volunteer in satisfying activities, and stay active for many years. They have few role models because in previous generations the life span was much shorter and expectations of life were fewer. They are ploughing new ground.
Employers are beginning to recognize that the mature person can bring a great deal of stability and responsibility to a position. One doesn’t lose ability and experience on the eve of one’s 65th or 70th birthday any more than one grows up instantly at age 21.
第26题:After the age of 40, ________.
A) most workers are tired of their present jobs
B) many workers tend to stick their present jobs
C) people find their jobs more rewarding than before
D) people still wish to hunt for more suitable jobs
Unemployment and economic need for work is higher among older women, especially minorities, than among younger white women. A national council reports these findings: Though unemployed longer when seeking word, older women job-hunting harder, hold a job longer with less absenteeism, per- form. as well or better, are more reliable, and are more willing to learn than men or younger women. Yet many older women earn poor pay and face a future of poverty in their retirement years. When "sexism meets ageism, poverty is no longer on the doorstep——it moves in", according to Tish Sommers, director of a special study on older women for the National Organization for Women.
Yet a 1981 report on the White House Conference in Aging shows that as a group, older Americans are the "wealthiest, best fed, best housed, healthiest, most self-reliant older population in our history." This statement is small comfort to those living below the poverty line, but it does explode some of the old traditional beliefs and fears. Opportunities for moving in and up in a large company may shrink but many older people begin successful small businesses, volunteer in satisfying activities, and stay active for many years. They have few role models because in previous generations the life span was much shorter and expectations of life were fewer. They are ploughing new ground.
Employers are beginning to recognize that the mature person can bring a great deal of stability and responsibility to a position. One doesn't lose ability and experience on the eve of one's 65th or 70th birthday any more than one grows up instantly at age 21.
After age of 40, ______.
A.most workers are tired of their present jobs.
B.man workers tend to stick to their present jobs.
C.people find their jobs more rewarding than before.
D.people still wish to hunt for more suitable jobs.
Who does the author say tend to identify themselves with the characters in games?
[A] Teenage girls.
[B] Older women.
[C] Men in their 20s.
[D] Men 50 and older.
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A.founding
B.find
C.founded
D.finding
A.People between 25 and 30 don't want to talk about the consequences of what they do.
B.People between 25 and 30 often fail to do anything because of lack of experience.
C.People who are a bit older are more mature and are more likely to succeed.
D.People who are a bit older tend to hesitate before deciding what to do.
A、"I can work well with people of any age."
B、"I don't understand the question."
C、"I don't see how that question is relevant."
D、"In my experience, older workers are better colleagues."
?Read the text below about managing older workers.
?In most of the lines 34--45 there is one extra word. It is either grammatically incorrect or does not fit in with the meaning of the text. Some lines, however, are correct.
?If a line is correct, write CORRECT on your Answer Sheet.
?If there is an extra word in the line, write the extra word in CAPITAL LETTERS on your Answer Sheet.
Managing Older Workers
Becoming The work force is becoming aging as baby-boomer move toward retirement. Gen
Correct X managers need to learn how to motivate and manage this talent pool of older
34 workers. Both generations have quite very different views of the other and will
35 need to learn how the other generation operates on. It is up to the managers,
36 Gen X or otherwise, to take the lead and create the warm climate in which older
37 workers will remain engaged in and productive. You may think older workers are
38 harder workers or that they are difficult to train. Get rid of your stereotypes. Your
39 older workers are different individuals just like everyone else in your group. Treat
40 them as such. Don't assume that the older worker knows what you expect of
41 them. They don't have the same background as you are. Be very clear what you
42 want done and what the measurements of completion and of success will be.
45 "Bill, take care of that for me" is not enough. Try "Bill, I need you to prepare the
44 department's budget for the next fiscal year." Use the numbers from a last year
45 and add to 10% on everything except training which should go up 15%.
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A.They were being pushed lower as a result of increased competition.
B.They had begun t to rise so that southern industry could attract rural workers.
C.They had increased for skilled workers but decreased for unskilled workers.
D.They had increased in large southern cities but decreased in small southern cities.
E.They had increased in newly developed industries but decreased in the older trades.
France has a poor record when it comes to keeping older people in the workforce. The retirement age is 60, not 65 as in most developed countries. In 2005 only 37.8% of people aged 55-64 had jobs, versus 56.8% in Britain and 44.9% in Germany. The main reason is that in the 1980s, when there was high unemployment, the government promoted early retirement. That entrenched the idea that older workers were less productive, says Caroline Young, Experconnect's founder.
Now companies are worried about losing their most skilled workers, especially as the baby boom generation nears retirement. Areva, a nuclear-power group, recently launched a scheme to address the needs of older employees, and plans to use about 100 retired people a year through Experconnect. Because nuclear power was unpopular for decades, Areva stopped training engineers, so that much of its expertise lies with its oldest staff. Now it is taking much more interest in them. "We have to bring about a revolution in opinion," says Jean Cassingena, its human-resources strategist.
Unlike other recruitment agencies, Experconnect keeps its workers on its own books, so they can carry on drawing their pensions. They tend to work part-time on one-off projects. Engineers and people with high levels of technical skill are most in demand in France, says Ms Young, as younger people increasingly choose to go into fields such as marketing. Thales, a defence and aerospace firm, is using a former radar expert, for instance, and Louis Berger France, an engineering firm, often uses retired engineers to manage big infrastructure projects.
Softer industries also make use of Experconnect. Danone, a food firm, hires people for one-off management roles. "Older people have seen it all and they are level-headed," says Thomas Kunz, its head of beverages. The beauty industry is short of toxicologists to determine whether new lotions are safe, and one firm has just taken on a 75-year-old. Two famous French luxury-goods companies plan to use retired workers in their handbag divisions. One wants to safeguard its knowledge of fine leathers and sewing; the other wants to apply expertise from the aerospace industry to make new kinds of materials for handbags.
Despite an impressive handful of high-profile clients, Experconnect has found it difficult to convince French companies that older workers can be valuable. It has 2,700 retired people on its books, and has so far placed just 50 of them on "missions". Old prejudices, as they say, die hard.
What is possibly the most important reason why the company want to send an employee of similar experience to the Indian company?
A.The Indian company preferred experienced people to novices.
B.The youthful corporate culture left no old people in the company.
C.To show respect to the Indian company.
D.Employee of similar experience with the patriarch would facilitate the negotiation of the acquisition.
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