Over 50 And Can't Get Hired? Here's A Possible Solution

Even though employers are not allowed to inquire about your age, they still figure it out by dates of previous employment and what year you graduated from high school and college. Since you must supply this information to them, I feel it still age discrimination.

The "dirty little secret" in the Silicon Valley, Bay area, California is that high tech companies, the Googles and the Apples and the Microsofts, simply do not hire anyone over, say, 45 or so. Shocking but true. In the true culture of "people hire people that look like them," as hiring managers get younger in age, so go their hires. Shortsightedly, most of these companies don't realize the value that maturity and experience brings. Most high tech employers hang onto the notion that those of us over age 50 or 60 are wedded to our "old ways" and can't contribute. Little do they realize that our experience and our knowledge was hard fought, and whether or not we realized it, flexibility and adaptability were the hard lessons we were forced to learn throughout the last 40 or so years. The internet is not that old; I can STILL remember the first Mac produced and how exciting it was to think about possibilities! To the extent that an individual can keep up with technology and innovation, irrespective of age, he or she can and should be able to given an opportunity to contribute. Consulting, or "side jobs or assignments," are a great way to keep up the functional skillsets and stay connected to business. Volunteering is also a great way to stay connected and to make contacts, too.

Now white people are being discriminated upon.

I will be 60 next year and would like to look for another job that I would like. Where I work now everyone is young and feels I should retire.....I cannot.....I need the money.

My husband, 53yrs, has worked at the same place for 30 years until the housing market crashed. He is working but at a job where he is making 1/2 of what he was. I am disabled but do not yet qualify for SSF. We are struggling to get by week by week. At our age dropping insurance is impossible but we may have to scale back what coverage we can fit into our budget. Pretty much it will mean not going to our followup visits and stretching out med so they last a little longer. My husband is considered a skilled worker on heavy equipment and has a CDL class B but no one wants to pay close to his old salary. What happens to those who tow the line barely missing a day of work in 30 years only to be tossed aside. They end up on the street. Time to pitch a tent on the White House lawn.

Sadly, this article is so true. I know people with Masters Degrees that cannot find work. My analogy is that these companies want young, cheap and not wise from the years of experience that the older workers have.
Do they think we do not need money to live until we retire???? My take on it is that these that point a finger now, will also look in the mirror years down the road and wonder, what do I do now???? Karma comes around. Freelance is a great idea. Expand upon the knowledge you have and put it to work for yourself, not some company that will ax you in a heartbeat. Todays job market is largely about money.

The picture they showed of the new unemployable s had a picture of an old woman with white hair and a horrid looking look on her face, like she just sad on a chair covered with worms!
She looked senile and unkempt and she doesn't at all look a bit like me!
I am 54 and keep myself up real good. I hope when I apply for a job this summer, after I move, that somebody will hire me.

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Bob

Delores really??? Look in the mirror??? That would mean that I would have a fighting chance to have a job, but with the unemployment number as high as it is. It looks grim. Yes it is partially Obamas fault. Keystone pipe line, elimination of fossil fuels, to name a few. I wish he was the President instead of campaigning for it.

maybe they can't ask your age but they can ask when you graduated.