9x job applicants are often criticized by businesses for being... old.

Many people wonder why 9x trainees applying for internships are considered old? - Illustration: TRIEU VAN

Sharing on social media, the 1999-born man said he applied for an Account internship, but the CEO said his age was not suitable. This made him worried because he did not know how old he should be to apply for an internship without being criticized.

Want to be an intern for many reasons

The young man said he had worked in marketing for about 1.5 years, but found Account more suitable so he decided to change his career. He considered himself not to be inexperienced, but was rejected because of his age, which he was not convinced about.

Empathizing, Ha Lan Anh (working as an English teacher in Hanoi ) said that last year after giving birth, she decided to go back to work as an intern for a bank. Although she made it to the interview round, she was rejected because she was "too old". She said it was better to be rejected because she was working in a different field than to fail because of her age, after all, she was only 24 years old at that time.

Having just received his first internship job after 3 years of diligently submitting CVs, Huy Hoang (25 years old, Hanoi) shared that he went to many interviews but was continuously rejected because of his lack of experience.

He explained that because he graduated during the COVID-19 outbreak, he had no opportunity to do an internship. Therefore, when he graduated, his practical experience was almost zero.

When applying for his current job, the employer also questioned his age. However, from his previous interview experiences, he calmly presented and convinced them with his advantages.

Hoang believes that age is just a number, there are two things that are needed more than anything else when going to work: ability and attitude. The intern position is to learn and absorb to improve ability, so the most important thing is to have a serious and receptive attitude towards your work.

Screening out interns' applications beyond recruitment age is common, not rare - Illustration: TRIEU VAN

Businesses have many options

From the perspective of a long-time employee, Ms. Kim Xuan (43 years old, Ho Chi Minh City) said that businesses have the right to consider between the 9x generation and young people born after 2000. Because internship is an apprenticeship, if they do not have to change their career, then surely the 9x generation must have some personal problems.

Businesses will also consider the attitude of older interns to learn from younger instructors. "Among the sea of ​​candidates, why don't they choose candidates who are both capable and young so they don't have to worry about the above problem? If you can answer this question in your CV or during the interview, you will have the same opportunity as other candidates," said Ms. Xuan.

Ms. Le Hong Tham (31 years old, CEO of Real Up Agency in Hanoi) said that screening internship applications beyond the recruitment age is common, not rare. Each employer or business will always have a set of criteria for the profile of the candidate they want to recruit. Therefore, not only being over age but also being in the wrong field, wrong gender, etc. can also lead to rejection from the application round.

According to her, most interns come to learn the job, are recruited and trained by the company to select personnel for the future. At the same time, this position only has allowances but no salary, so for internship applications over 25 years old, she has to discuss in depth to find out the motivation, analyze the risks and pressures for the candidates.

"Factors such as being quick, eager to learn, diligent in training and having the ability to develop into a capable employee in the near future are what candidates need to have when applying for an internship position," Ms. Tham shared.

Source: https://tuoitre.vn/9x-nop-ho-so-ung-tuyen-thuong-bi-doanh-nghiep-che-gia-20240816153434231.htm