why do todays employers consider wet behind the ears college grads more imoportant than older experienced ?

Question

it seems that 22 year olds with a piece of paper a degree either technical or an associates who have zero work experience or nearly zero stand a better chance at a job these days than do 40ish or early 50's year old people in excellent health, who have years of solid knowledge in a field,they have their HS,and some college.
They are seeking not to do stepping stone from one company to another rather one company faithfully give their energy,many years of experience,yet it is an up hill battle if not impossible.
Employers ,Board of Directors all who themselves are this age are ignoring a huge number of potential employees based on age bias,curious.
The younger people fuss about SS well without employment SS and other Goverment programs are the only way for these vast numbers of Baby Boomers to go.

Ms Snow Iam not sure what companies you refer that donot want longterm if not lifelong employees.
Certainly some of the if not all of the top Fortune 500 companies seek this.
Having a revolving door,and having to retrain is costly.
The oppinion is from one who is 53 years of age,has over 20 years of self employment,& executive experience plus over 35 years of working in the community goverment/social/civic.
I've spent some 300 days on the www am associated with 28 online job sites including usajobs,monster etc and I've formed my oppinion from
my experiences.

Answer 1

I don't know if it's true. Because many new grads will tell you the opposite.
Maybe the reason for such preference is exactly that - they don't mind if people change jobs after 2 years. Not too many companies are looking to employ someone for 30 or even 15 years, so this probably isn't the reason why they might want young people. New grads will try very hard to do their best to advance in their career, i.e. use the position as a stepping stone as you say, but with a lot of accomplishments. Those who are seeking safe harbor will work just hard enough to keep their job.

Answer 2

you raise a good point. employers feel they can pay a recent
college grad less than an experienced person in the 40,s or 50,s.
they mistakenly think the 22 year olds will be there for
30 years. also regarding health issues, they feel a young
person has many years to go without illness and an older
person is more likely to have a serious health problem sooner.i guess they feel younger people will add less pressure on premiums increasing than people somewhat
older. i am in complete agreement with you.

Answer 3

Sounds like you just want to complain rather than find explanation. I understand how you feel.