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Subject:Re: age discrimination From:BrYan Westbrook <westbrok -at- HSNP -dot- COM> Date:Fri, 9 May 1997 22:40:56 GMT
Only coming through in waves, Joanne Greene <joanne -dot- greene -at- jacobus -dot- com> wrote in
bit.listserv.techwr-l:
>About a year ago, a Boston based bank advertised for a Web page designer
>in STC's Intercom. They asked for SAT scores (and college GPA) to be
>included in the submission. That seemed like age discrimination to me.
Upon what grounds? Asking for a GPA & SAT has absolutely nothing to do with
age.
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