If a older person and a younger person were applying for a job who would get it?

The most suitable person(most qualified, most experienced,best attitude),age has nothing to do with it.

I think it should depend on the qualifications and experience. I don't think that age should matter. When I was in college, there were a lot of people in my class that had their jobs for 20 years but lost their jobs because some young kid came in with a college degree. I think that sucks too. Not everyone needs a degree to be good at what they do.

Depends on who has more experience and who the employer believes can be trusted in the position.

it shouldn't be about age it should be who's better qualified for the job. hey brandy1978 have you checked your mylot mail? I sent you a message!

it depends on the post they apply,if both are capable..

I would pick the older person not only for the reasons you stated but because they know how to improvise when computers go down. Young people know how to press buttons and find out what they need to know but older people were taught to use their brains to do tasks such as making change. Today when you go into a store and the computerized cash registers go down, odds are the teenager working the register will not know how much change to give you. An older person will be able to do the math in their head or on scratch paper and give you the correct change. An older person is more versed in courtesy, resolving conflicts peacefully, and will probably not have a piercing in a strange place such as the lip or eyebrow.

Most of the time the young one because they can be paid less money. Of course this depends on the job opening. Large corporations try to get rid of their older employees because they make to high a wage and replace them with younger ones

The older one would probably do things more accuratly because they would have more experience and know how an employee should work. However, the younger may be faster. Idk

You mean ageist, not racist. Ageism in the workplace is illegal in the US; why take the chance of being sued?

LOL, racist? You mean prejudice. :)

it depends on the requirement of the position. personally, i like the younger ones because you can still develop the young ones to fit the requirement , on the other hand, the older one can share experiences that can help to improve your company, so i say it still depends.

Younger person shall get job fast

I am in the Human Services field, so we tend to look for the younger ones fresh out of college.

it is not racist it is age discrimanation specially people who could still perform quality jobs! Jobs requirments now a days are so discremanating. It always says 22 to 35 years old. how about those above 35! ii i will hire someone i should not look for the age but look for the capabilities of the applicant

Sad but fact. The younger person gets the job usually 75% of the time, they are less experienced than the older person, but still have experience so can be paid less than the older person would need to be and can be "moulded" to the companies needs, where as the older person would have already been moulded, and even though not true with humans - most employers, believe it or not use the "you cant teach and old dog new tricks rule"

Well in theory older people are more experienced and have more to share. But in reality, old people are seldom employed, younger people are always given priority

I would like to think I'm fair and would choose the applicant who is more skilled for the job, but I believe that the younger gets chosen more often than not due to their age, sorry to say. I'm older and that's what I believe as well.

it depends on the job they're applying for. if its something simple that needs spead or heavy lifting maybe the younger one. but it should be on who has the most experience. the younger one could have worked more job and the older one could have only wored a few or vise versa...

In lots of cases the older individual might get the job due to being more diverse and also 'mature'. Older vs younger can be more reliable.

older people do tend to be more reliable, they also have more life experience...i have worked in recruitment and personally it would depend on the job role and experience required, and my own experience recruiting!