Re: Aging out was RE: job-hunt weirdness

[Elaine Garnet <2egarnet -at- rogers -dot- com>]

I'm afraid this would be an ideal world, Suzette. Age discrimination  
exists in Canada, it is a violation of our rights, but there's not a  
lot an older worker can do except complain and not get hired anyway.

On 9-Jul-09, at 5:05 PM, Suzette Leeming wrote:

> Um, I believe in Canada we call that "age discrimination", which is a
> violation of our rights.
>
> Some companies love bright, young graduates fresh out of university  
> (they
> work cheaper). Others like the young family type with  
> responsibilities (less
> likely to move on). Other companies realize the value that an older,  
> more
> experience worker can bring. No on-the-job training required - they  
> hit the
> ground running, they've learned from past mistakes, and they bring  
> maturity,
> wisdom, and experience to the job. In this environment, with so many  
> people
> out of work, the experienced worked is a valued worker.
>
> Many companies have been started by "older" employees who have been  
> forced
> into retirement. Tell your mother to either start a techwriting agency
> (something that also does well in a recession) or start a whole new  
> career.
> She's entering the best stage of her life!
>
> How old is too old? If the eyes can no longer see, the ears can no  
> longer
> hear, the fingers can no longer type, or if Alzheimer's has set it,  
> then
> that is too old. Otherwise, age should be considered a benefit, not a
> deterrent.
>
> Suzette Leeming
>
>
>
> On Thu, Jul 9, 2009 at 4:57 PM, Leonard C. Porrello <
> Leonard -dot- Porrello -at- soleratec -dot- com> wrote:
>
>> What do people think about how old it is too old? Is it 40, 50, 60?
>>
>> Leonard
>>
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>> Dunno about Canada, but about the worst thing you can do in Northern
>> California is brag about (or even mention) being "long-in-the-tooth".
>> Kiss of death out here.
>>
>> I watched my highly competent, smart, professional mother, with  
>> years of
>> experience and business savvy, get involuntarily "retired" from
>> technical writing for the sin of being older than the people she was
>> interviewing with for a job. The last job she had, she was actually  
>> told
>> by her manager that if he'd known her age he would never have  
>> considered
>> her for the job. She did all the usual--wrote her resume to eliminate
>> about ten years of experience, concealed the date of her graduation
>> (even dropped a degree), dyed her hair, dressed younger. None of it
>> worked. After she got laid off, she never again got past an initial
>> interview.
>>
>> I figure I'm in my last or next to last job as an employee; if and  
>> when
>> I leave this one, I have at best a 50/50 chance of being hired full  
>> time
>> somewhere because I am too old. I'm keeping my freelance skills up,  
>> and
>> hoping my husband keeps his job so that his benefits can cover us.
>>
>>
>>
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