Increasing age limit for jobs

Job seekers have long been demanding the extension of recruitment age limit for government jobs to 35 years from the existing 30 years. And it is a rational demand. There are many countries including Russia, Hong Kong, South Korea, and the UK, where qualified people can get jobs even a day before they reach their age of retirement. When average life expectancy was 45 years, age limit for getting government jobs was 27. But now that average life expectancy is 72 in Bangladesh, the age limit for getting a job should also be raised. Increased age limit will provide organisations with the scope to choose the candidates they are looking for from a large number of job aspirants.

Unfortunately, the private sector of the country blindly follows the age limit set by the government for entry level jobs. Almost all private organisations including commercial banks, insurance companies and others avoid appointing candidates over 30 years of age. As a result, the private sector does not get experienced manpower. Moreover, there are some job-aspirants who cross the age limit of 30 for different reasons including session jam, going abroad for higher education, joining a private job, etc. Then there are people who after serving in the private sector or in foreign countries want to get jobs in the public sector. These potential candidates just cannot apply after the age of 30 due to current age limit criteria.

Md Ashraf Hossain,

Bashabo, Dhaka,

mah120cb@yahoo.com