Getting a job after 40
Posted: Wed Jan 08, 2025 3:50 am
The unemployment rate in this age group is currently 4%, according to the INEI.
The passage of time for workers should be considered as a generator of value and not as an obstacle , says Cristina Risco, director of the Division of Professional Studies for Executives at UPC .
However, some companies are a little reluctant to hire or keep staff over 40 years of age , admits Cristina Cárdenas, head of Human Resources at Corporación Pro .
"In particular selection processes, it has been detected that some candidates are not willing to make changes, have a negative attitude towards find your number screening younger superiors or simply do not care about learning new technological tools," he says.
TIME FOR CHANGE According to the National Institute of Statistics and Informatics ( INEI ), in Lima alone 1,095,500 workers are 45 years of age or older . Unemployment in this age group reaches 4%.
Although this rate is lower than the 7.8% unemployment rate in the capital, economic growth does not seem to be absorbing the population that is over forty years old.
Thus, between November 2011 and January 2012, the number of unemployed people in the 14-24 age group fell by 8.2% compared to the same period the previous year. In the 25-44 age group it grew by 15.3%, and among workers over 45 it rose by 29.5% .
How can you avoid becoming part of the statistics? Cárdenas warns that today it is not enough to have experience in a workplace. "Constant updating is required. A master's degree is not everything. You have to do periodic reading of the topics in vogue in the profession," he notes.
Risco says that universities have implemented specialization programs for those workers who only have a technical degree, did not finish college or did not bother to obtain a degree.
This type of program allows adults not only to improve their salary expectations, but also to climb the ranks , says the UPC representative. In this way, in a period of three years and with monthly payments of between S/.600 and S/.1,000, they obtain a certification to continue in the market.
The passage of time for workers should be considered as a generator of value and not as an obstacle , says Cristina Risco, director of the Division of Professional Studies for Executives at UPC .
However, some companies are a little reluctant to hire or keep staff over 40 years of age , admits Cristina Cárdenas, head of Human Resources at Corporación Pro .
"In particular selection processes, it has been detected that some candidates are not willing to make changes, have a negative attitude towards find your number screening younger superiors or simply do not care about learning new technological tools," he says.
TIME FOR CHANGE According to the National Institute of Statistics and Informatics ( INEI ), in Lima alone 1,095,500 workers are 45 years of age or older . Unemployment in this age group reaches 4%.
Although this rate is lower than the 7.8% unemployment rate in the capital, economic growth does not seem to be absorbing the population that is over forty years old.
Thus, between November 2011 and January 2012, the number of unemployed people in the 14-24 age group fell by 8.2% compared to the same period the previous year. In the 25-44 age group it grew by 15.3%, and among workers over 45 it rose by 29.5% .
How can you avoid becoming part of the statistics? Cárdenas warns that today it is not enough to have experience in a workplace. "Constant updating is required. A master's degree is not everything. You have to do periodic reading of the topics in vogue in the profession," he notes.
Risco says that universities have implemented specialization programs for those workers who only have a technical degree, did not finish college or did not bother to obtain a degree.
This type of program allows adults not only to improve their salary expectations, but also to climb the ranks , says the UPC representative. In this way, in a period of three years and with monthly payments of between S/.600 and S/.1,000, they obtain a certification to continue in the market.