Re: Aging out was RE: job-hunt weirdness

Subject: Re: Aging out was RE: job-hunt weirdness
From: Kathleen MacDowell <kathleen -at- writefortheuser -dot- com>
To: Sarah Stegall <sstegall -at- bivio -dot- net>
Date: Thu, 9 Jul 2009 18:58:57 -0500

Agreed.

On Thu, Jul 9, 2009 at 6:44 PM, Sarah Stegall <sstegall -at- bivio -dot- net> wrote:

>
> Like every other statement one can make about a subject, there are of
> course many caveats, disclaimers, and qualifiers possible. And God
> knows, we'll cover them all on this list sooner or later. I am making a
> general observation, not formulating law or policy.
>
> My own boss is younger than I am, as was the boss before him.
>
> What I'm saying is that age discrimination has happened, I saw it
> happen, and I've interviewed in situations where I have actually been
> asked if I would be comfortable working for someone younger than me--and
> then had my affirmative answer openly disbelieved. I have spoken to
> other technical writers who were told (off the record, of course) that
> they were considered "too old" for the position; the most common
> euphemism employed was "overqualified".
>
> Maybe this has happened to you. Maybe not. Are we going to argue about
> whose experience is more valid? Silly waste of time. I'm not going to
> change my opinion that age discrimination is rampant and nearly
> ineradicable in Silicon Valley. Smart employers will hire experienced,
> mature older workers; fools will not. As in any field of endeavor, the
> fools outnumber the smart folks.
>
> My advice to job seekers remains: try not to let on how old you are when
> you interview for a job.
>
> Sarah
>
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References:
Re: job-hunt weirdness: From: Erik Hare
RE: job-hunt weirdness: From: Dana Worley
Re: job-hunt weirdness: From: Peter Neilson
Re: job-hunt weirdness: From: Dana Worley
RE: job-hunt weirdness: From: McLauchlan, Kevin
Aging out was RE: job-hunt weirdness: From: Sarah Stegall
RE: Aging out was RE: job-hunt weirdness: From: Leonard C. Porrello
RE: Aging out was RE: job-hunt weirdness: From: Sarah Stegall
RE: Aging out was RE: job-hunt weirdness: From: Leonard C. Porrello
RE: Aging out was RE: job-hunt weirdness: From: Sarah Stegall

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