Is age discrimination still a problem?
I just saw someone ask this question in the comments section of one of our posts and want to know what YOU think. Have you encountered age discrimination recently? What did it sound/look like when it happened to you?
Ageism is real,as light as daylight. Irrespective of how experienced or how willing you are to take all kinds of low job positions, nobody is willing to give you a chance. Why advertise lies inform of job vacancies when there are no vacancies for people of certain age or academic qualifications?
I'm 78 years old with a dynamic sales and sales management resume,. I've been job hunting for a year, to keep busy. I can pass for mid 50s. I'm online daily sending resumes. The only response I get is from insurance companies. I refuse to sell insurance. I can't even get a response from a jiffy store when they see my age.
It could not have been more blatantly obvious. I was doing really well when talking to the recruiter for a VERY LARGE COMPANY based in Seattle. Sounded almost like a done deal, was definitely overqualified (like that's a bad thing these days) and then the recruiter called me back a couple hours later and said "I forgot to ask for your date of birth, they will want to know that too." Then I got the crickets until the next day after I left a couple messages, and then the "overqualified" excuse. I will never get why employers don't want "overqualified" employees working for them, seems like a no brainer when they don't want to have to take the time to train, like most, or when a next level job opens up.
It sounds like crickets chirping in the distance.
They haven’t asked my age or birthdate. However, everyone has asked what year I graduated high school. A recruiter will say you sound like a perfect fit but I’m always denied the position. I feel there could be age discrimination,
Yes. Young Life said they need younger leaders.
It is hard to know. SInce we have been locked down, I have not applied much. I am expecting lots of age discrimination. I think that begins with most companies at 40.
I was recently let go from Walgreens after 30 years as a pharmacist for yelling at the store manager. He was telling me how the pharmacy should be run. Really??? Do you all believe this was the real reason?
Age discrimination is also asking what year you graduated high school.
Age discrimination comes in the form of being overqualified