age discrimination Archives - Midlife Career Strategy https://midlifecareerstrategy.com/archives/tag/age-discrimination Fast Track To Career Freedom. Wed, 16 Sep 2020 17:44:32 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.10 The Fifty-Year Old Intern: Age Discrimination or Career Opportunity? https://midlifecareerstrategy.com/archives/2070 https://midlifecareerstrategy.com/archives/2070#comments Sun, 13 Sep 2020 09:30:03 +0000 https://midlifecareerstrategy.com/?p=2070 Several years ago ABC News ran an article, “And Now, the 50-year old intern,” by Alan Farnham. Read it here. This article seems disturbing because it seems to reinforce norms supporting age discrimination. The author refers to people 50 years and older as “aged newbies.” Fifty is hardly “aged.” Today’s 50-year-old was born in 1962. […]

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]]> https://midlifecareerstrategy.com/archives/2070/feed 4 Midlife Career Strategy: You can’t ignore age discrimination https://midlifecareerstrategy.com/archives/3784 https://midlifecareerstrategy.com/archives/3784#comments Thu, 06 Feb 2014 19:22:27 +0000 https://midlifecareerstrategy.com/?p=3784 Recently I came across an exceptionally good article on age discrimination at Forbes Magazine. Read it here.  As the author points out, age discrimination continues. Many companies don’t try to hide it. And it’s hard to prove, especially if you’re applying for a job in a competitive arena. If you sue, you’ll probably have to […]

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