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Discussion Boards => Off-Topic => Topic started by: WaulML6 on May 19, 2013, 09:02:00 am
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Do you think employers base their hiring you on your age?
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Do you think employers base their hiring you on your age?
That's against the law, but any dummy employer can come up with an excuse if they don't want you. Get over it and move on, who wants to work where they are not wanted anyway?
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I think it is true but for both young and older folks looking for work. When I was 21 or so I had gotten good grades in school and had taken several classes and gained a lot of experience with office software programs in school. I left school because of the financial burden and had only worked one job as a student. I went to a temp agency to try and find a job to make ends meet and give me more experience. They turned me away after I told them I hadn't worked in an office before and said they had no work for me. Another lady came in right after me and she was allowed to test her ability on certain office programs to see if she would qualify for work. I asked if I could take a test on those programs as well to prove that I had experience with the programs but she told me I could not and sent me away again. I feel like a lot of this was because of my job history and age rather than my ability. I see workers all the time in positions using computers that don't know very simple functions on a computer and get confused if anything changes on the computer.
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Unfortunately, it's possible
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The Just for Men "touch of gray" hair comb in stuff comes to mind :P But yeah, I'd imagine a lot of them do.
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Do you think employers base their hiring you on your age?
That's against the law, but any dummy employer can come up with an excuse if they don't want you. Get over it and move on, who wants to work where they are not wanted anyway?
I hear what you are saying, but still when its happens to you its still frustrating.
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It is against the law! But companies still do it because they hire whomever they want to hire.
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They do they will tell you another excuse but they do have and always will
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Well yeah some do but they tell you beforehand. For most jobs you have to be at least 18. It was nearly impossible for me to get a job in high school in the city. On the other hand some places don't like to hire older people.
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I'm sure they do. They also consider whether you have kids or not. They just won't ever say that's why they made their decision.
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Very much so. I believe age discrimination goes on all the time.
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I am nearing 55, so I know that age discrimination occurs. I am looking forward to re-joining the workforce, so I will be watching out for that one. :wave: :wave: :wave:
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Yes I think they do discriminate, but they would probably get more work out of older people.
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Yes, some employers do discrimintate. I worked for one company and they were hiring. I was in my office (they didn't know it) they were next door to me and one guy said, 'we need to find a pretty female for this position.'
Another job was a receptionist position. The company want to hire an older lady. Sadly, a degree doesn't matter that much anymore.
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I think they do. I am currently in the job market and I avoid volunteering any information that would disclose my age. It used to be that you got penalized for being too young and inexperienced. Now you get penalized for being older and paying your dues.
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They always have and always will. Religion, Race, Bribes, Gender, Sexual Orientation, as well as age are reasons people get hired and fired. Much like gun control laws, the EOE Act does nothing to stop the behavior. The laws we have on the books are useless.
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I think there is quite a lot of age discrimination in hiring.
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I do. I think if you are older and are looking for a job that employers don't want to hire you because of your age. They don't understand that the older a person is the more reliable they are. Young people don't work as hard as a person who is older.
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I think they do, of course they won't admit it. They will always come up with another reason, or just say they chose another candidate.
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I think some companies do! Although it is against the law, lets be real, if they want to not hire you because of age, they can always find an excuse, Like you are overqualified!! I don't dwell on it but, yes I have seen age discrimination. Especially the high end clothing stores, most of the sales people look like models, they would rather hire a 25 year old than a 55 year old woman.
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I think that, sometimes, employers do base their decisions on people's age...in both directions. I think that younger people have a difficult time getting senior/managerial positions. This can be explained away, by shifty employers, by lack of experience, education or maturity. I think that older people have a difficult time because employers start thinking about health problems and the ability to think outside of the box. I was worried that I would have a difficult time (I am fifty years old) finding a job but I am pretty personable and have knowledge in a field that has remained relatively the same...if it hasn't become easier. I find it hard to believe that eight five year old people are able to get thirty year mortgages to purchase a house.