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Subject:Re: age discrimination From:Joanne Greene <joanne -dot- greene -at- JACOBUS -dot- COM> Date:Fri, 9 May 1997 11:28:51 -0400
About a year ago, a Boston based bank advertised for a Web page designer
in STC's Intercom. They asked for SAT scores (and college GPA) to be
included in the submission. That seemed like age discrimination to me.
for At 08:02 AM 5/9/97 -0700, you wrote:
>isn't age discrimination against the law?
>
>"Enthusiastic, beginning..." would work okay (probably as a euphemism
>for "this is a low paying position"), but "young" probably shouldn't be
>part of the public description of the job opening.
>
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>>Growing Chicago-based technical writing firm seeks technical writer.
>>We're looking for a young, enthusiastic, beginning writer to work on
>>manuals and Windows help systems. You'll have an opportunity to work as
>>part of a team on large,
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