RE: Aging out was RE: job-hunt weirdness

["Combs, Richard" <richard -dot- combs -at- Polycom -dot- com>]

Julie Stickler wrote: 
 
> Unfortunately our government concurs (at least those of us living in
> the states).  I found out at a workshop at our local Career Center
> that the US Department of Labor categorizes anyone over 40 as a
> "mature worker" and from the sounds of their workshop titles, they
> consider that to be a disadvantage.

Actually, the federal government considers over-40s a "protected class"
-- like women, blacks, Hispanics, the disabled, etc. -- against whom
it's illegal to discriminate. 

If you're a paraplegic Hispanic female in her 50s, the feds will fall
all over themselves to prevent employers from discriminating against
you. Which is nice, I suppose, if you're eager to work with people who
disparage women, minorities, cripples, and mature, experienced
workers... 

Richard


Richard G. Combs
Senior Technical Writer
Polycom, Inc.
richardDOTcombs AT polycomDOTcom
303-223-5111
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