Older Adults Looking for a Job through Employment Support System in Tokyo.
Older Adults Looking for a Job through Employment Support System in Tokyo.
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DOI：
10.1371/journal.pone.0159713
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发表时间：
2016
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影响因子：
3.7
通讯作者：
Fujiwara Y
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作者：
Minami U;Suzuki H;Kuraoka M;Koike T;Kobayashi E;Fujiwara Y
这项研究旨在通过东京都地区被称为主动高级就业支持中心(ASESC)的当地就业支持机构AKUTIBU Sinia ShUGYO sien SENTAA来澄清老年人的求职过程，并评估作为国家支持系统的补充的表现。我们在38周的时间里对235名老年求职者(男146人，女，平均年龄63.7岁，SD5.6岁)进行了为期38周的6波纵向邮件调查，以了解他们的生活状况、健康状况和求职过程中的变化。这些年纪较大的求职者往往教育水平较低，收入较低，他们找工作的目的往往是为了赚取生活费，而不是为了幸福。其中一半人在35.0天内找到工作；然而，23.8%的人在38周内找不到工作，特别是年轻和受过高等教育的人。ASESCs的职能是帮助年长的求职者，他们主要是为了赚取生活费而寻找工作，这些生活费可以在短时间内获得，并使他们能够赚到一些钱。这些设施预计将成为咨询服务，不仅用于就业支持，也用于一般生活，因为与面临社会孤立、严重经济困难或自杀风险的人保持联系是很重要的。我们认为，鼓励和重新激活这些不匹配的人，通过支持他们参与对我们的社会和下一代做出高度贡献的服务，例如提供托儿支持或日常生活支持，是非常有帮助的，因为最近的政府政策对这些服务的需求正在迅速增加。
This study aims to clarify the job seeking process of the elderly people through the local employment support facility known as the Active Senior Employment Support Center (ASESC)”AKUTIBU SINIA SHUGYO SIEN SENTAA” in the Tokyo metropolitan area, and evaluate the performance as a complement to the national support systems. We conducted 6 waves of longitudinal mail surveys over 38 weeks to 235 older job seekers (146 males and 89 females, average age 63.7, SD 5.6), who visited two ASESCs for the first time, to clarify their living situation, health condition, and changes in their job seeking process. These older job seekers tended to be at a relatively low education level and on low income, as well as tended to seek jobs for earning living expenses rather than for well-being. Half of them found employment in 35.0 days; however, 23.8% couldn’t find any job in 38 weeks, especially those who were younger and with higher education. ASESCs are functioning to assist older job seekers who are mainly seeking jobs for earning living expenses, which can be attained in a short time span and enable them to earn some money. These facilities are expected to be consulting services, not only for employment support but also for general living, because it is important to maintain contact with people who are at risk of social isolation, serious financial difficulty, or suicide. We consider it very helpful to encourage and re-activate these mismatched people, by supporting them to engage in highly contributional services to our society and the next generation, such as providing child-care support or daily life support, the demands for which are rapidly increasing due to recent governmental policies.