Re: Aging out was RE: job-hunt weirdness

[Janice Gelb <Janice -dot- Gelb -at- Sun -dot- COM>]

Sarah Stegall <sstegall -at- bivio -dot- net> wrote:
>
> 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. 
> 

I am a bit worried about this myself: I've worked
for the same company for over 17 years but we're
about to get bought and if the worst happens, I'm
not sure whether my skills and the fact that I am
Internet savvy will weigh against my age when people
look at my resume. I know that age discrimination is
technically illegal, but all a company would really
have to say is that they found a better-qualified
candidate.

-- Janice

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