What would you say if I told you that everyone is told to hide something from prospective employers because factual statistics show that it WILL be used to discriminate against them? And the reason they need to hide it is because absolutely nothing is being done to stop it! Are you kidding me? Even though it SPECIFICALLY has CONSTITUTIONAL protection?
Only a complete idiot would believe it's only a coincidence that ALL job search companies and ALL resume writing experts/advisors tell you to never, never, NEVER include in your resume any information that'll give prospective employers clues about your age!
When writing a resume you'll be told to never mention: age, date of birth, date of high school graduation, date of college graduation, which years you were in the military. In other words, give NO information whatsoever that would even allow a prospective employer to make an educated guess of your age.
If actual age discrimination is not a problem, then why is everyone told to avoid any mention of his/her age? It is the ONLY constitutionally protected form of discrimination so weakly protected that you're told to avoid talking about it.
I thought that ALL those elected to the House, Senate and Presidency SWEAR AN OATH to protect and enforce the Constitution, including ALL the delineated forms of discrimination. Guess I was wrong.
This is beyond wrong. It's immoral! A large segment of our population is ROUTINELY discriminated against and no one seems to care. Surprisingly, the solution is NOT to fix it. The actual solution: work hard to hide the fact that you're older than some other job applicants. Sounds all 'fair' to me!
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