Re: Age Laws re Interviews


Patience wrote:
Some weeks ago I went for an interview for another in a sequence of IT
contract posts. Since returning to contracting I have been pleasantly
surprised to find how many over 40's there are out thre, but this
interview was short & superficial to say the least. I left thinking
either she's made her mind up I'm her man or she saw my grey hair from
the other end of the corridor.
Surely this new law allowing us to omit our age from job applicns and
using various ruses in our CVs to hide our age is pointless. All it
will do is waste the time of the employer and the candidate with a
string of unnecessary interviews. Has ANYONE managed to prove age
discrimination on the part of an agency or an employer-direct in their
jobhunting? Proving it when you are safe in a company is hard enough,
what if you don't even work there?!

Patience


I disagree I have been in the High Tech industry in the United States
for 26 years the laws against discrimination here does not protect you
completely and the burden of proof is on the applicant. At least if you
can get yourself in front of the the interviewer you have a better
chance to sell yourself. I have known a lot of people my age 50+ who
cannot find a high tech job who have gone bankrupt. Don't look for the
same job and pay you had before it may be harder than you think. If it
is a down level job take it at least you get your feet in the door.
Contracting is a easier way to stay in the buisness. Age Discrimination
in High Tech starts around 40 to 45 here in the states. Good Luck

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