Here are some tips on how to write your resume to overcome
the problem of age discrimination.
Not exact matches
It's not just China's
problem: In March, IBM faced allegations
of persistent
age discrimination in the US.
(B) It is therefore the purpose
of this Act to promote employment
of older persons based on their ability rather than
age; to prohibit arbitrary
age discrimination in employment; to help employers and workers find ways
of meeting
problems arising from the impact
of age on employment.
in the face
of rising productivity and affluence, older workers find themselves disadvantaged in their efforts to retain employment, and especially to regain employment when displaced from jobs; the setting
of arbitrary
age limits regardless
of potential for job performance has become a common practice, and certain otherwise desirable practices may work to the disadvantage
of older persons; the incidence
of unemployment, especially long - term unemployment with resultant deterioration
of skill, morale, and employer acceptability is, relative to the younger
ages, high among older workers; their numbers are great and growing; and their employment
problems grave; the existence in industries affecting commerce,
of arbitrary
discrimination in employment because
of age, burdens commerce and the free flow
of goods in commerce.
In Tuesday's ruling siding with IMDb, Chhabria described AB 1687 as a misguided law that should have instead aimed to fight
discrimination against women, since
age bias in Hollywood is «at root... far more a
problem of sex
discrimination.»
Unless prevented by
age discrimination laws, it's most likely,
of course, that financially «unproductive» lawyers will be pushed out by larger firms prior to becoming a competence
problem [see below, and the recent flap over «de-equitization» at Chicago - based Mayer Brown, which has provoked concern from Rick Georges and Eric Mazzone, and outrage by Larry Bodine (via LegalBLogWatch)-RSB-.
It may be illegal, but
age discrimination exists in the hiring process, and the pace
of technological change has only intensified the
problem.
Structural equation modeling was used to examine the effects
of cultural factors (ethnic identity, perceived
discrimination), family relations, and child
problem type on mental health service utilization in a community sample
of 1,480 adolescent girls (860 African American, 620 European American) between
ages 15 and 17 years enrolled in the Pittsburgh Girls Study.