Working Up

by Dwayne Phillips

Employers give little clues that they won’t hire you because you are told old.

Here are a couple of age discrimination clues I have heard:

This job is really deep and difficult to learn. It will take smart person at least a year to learn all you need to know before you can start to contribute. Hence, we only hire people we know will be hire five years, and you will retire before then.

You don’t fit in our strategic plans. Our strategic plans reach more than two years into the future. By the looks of you, you will retire in two years. Hence, we aren’t interested in you.