Job Search: Age Discrimination or Convicted Felon?
This is a long post about working through, or around, job search discrimination. I’ve written quite a bit on this topic over the years. My friend Paul sent me this …
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Myths and Realities of Old Person Job Search #AgeDiscrimination
My good friend Norm from NYC sent me this Wall Street Journal article titled Five Myths About Landing a Good Job Later in Life. The author, Anne Tergersen, “writes about …
Age Discrimination Revisited: Can Old People Get Jobs?
Yes, that is an inflammatory title. I hope it gets your attention. By old, I might mean older than 40. When I was 32 I was in the job-search-that-would-become-JibberJobber. I …
Age Discrimination: Old is Obsolete
Age discrimination. I hate it. When I speak, it is the number one issue that every audience is concerned about. When I was in my job search, nine years ago, …
Should You Dye Your Hair Black, and Other Discrimination Issues #JobSearch
This weekend I had an interesting dialog on the Execunet LinkedIn Group about what you can or can’t say to job seekers. At one point in the dialog this comment …
Julie Walraven on Age Discrimination vs. Poor Job Search Strategy
Hands down the biggest issue I hear about from around the world is age discrimination. Sometimes, though, your age is the least of your problems. Julie Walraven wrote Is It …
Affirmative Action and Diversity Recruiting a la Recruiting Animal #discrimination
I like the Recruiting Animal. A lot of people find him offensive but he brings out real issues and doesn’t let you hide behind rhetoric. You can hear his show …
Why Discrimination Won’t End: Stupid Article about Social Media Manager Age Limit
I don’t want to focus on this ridiculous article: Why Every Social Media Manager Should Be Under 25, or the 600+ comments on the article, most of them probably blasting …
Job Search Discrimination Exists – Now What???
Want to read something disgusting? Check out this article: Unemployed Black Women Pretends to Be White, Job Prospects Dramatically Increase From the article: “Two years ago, I noticed that Monster.com …
More Age Discrimination and Critical Advice From a Recruiter
I gravitate towards blog posts from recruiters, and on age discrimination. I was delighted to find this one on Recruiting Blogs: Do You Know the Signs of Age Discrimination at …