The United States Government Enables Age Discrimination

March 14, 2022 • 00:46:22
The United States Government Enables Age Discrimination
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The United States Government Enables Age Discrimination

Mar 14 2022 | 00:46:22

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Show Notes

Think about it.

"Overqualified" - when you have "too much experience" - that's a symptom of #age.  Because you could only have it if you're older.

"Not a cultural fit" - companies whose demographics skew younger will encounter this issue when considering older applicants, because older demographics naturally will not culturally fit with younger ones, nor should they.  That's why inclusion and tolerance were supposed to be a thing.

Applicant Tracking Systems - which require you to enter date of birth, but also require you to enter work history which could be used to discriminate against you by age and you'd never know it except that the company doesn't even contact you.

Images of hipster kids in skinny jeans all over your sites - you're communicating a message that you welcome people in those age ranges.  You don't provide inclusive and neutral imagery as was the case in the past.


Our theory: there's an active push to position younger folks into roles that can exclude those that skew older, because those that skew younger are more likely to support liberal and/or socialist agendas, where those that skew older are more likely to support conservativism.

If true, this would help explain the rush to 


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