Filed Under: Age Discrimination

Published on: Thursday, January 19, 2012

It’s Okay to Act Your Age

Posted By: Robyn Greenspan
Filed Under: robyn greenspan, executive job search, executive careers, career planning, age discrimination, career strategy, executive coaching

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I'm a few months behind reading the New York Times Magazine, so I only recently saw the September 8th issue with the article about the ironworkers rebuilding the World Trade Center.

One of my favorite childhood memories was of my father taking me to his job as a union plumber during the construction of the World Trade Center in the early 70s. The buildings were so unfinished that we rode the freight elevator to the top where it was nothing but steel beams and rough flooring — the windows had not yet been installed.

Published on: Monday, March 28, 2011

Six-Figure Hotline: Be Someone’s Aspirin

Posted By: Dave Opton
Filed Under: execunet, executive job search, dave opton, six-figure hotline, interviewing, age discrimination, overqualified

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As part of ExecuNet membership, I conduct a weekly teleconference called Six-Figure Hotline where members call in to ask the questions keeping them up at night, and to gain market and trend insight from the career experts who join me in talking about issues that are important to executives today. Whether you are in a job search, thinking about changing positions, or want to learn how to strengthen your success in your current position, this weekly teleconference is designed to provide you the support you need to reach your goals.

Recently, in one such teleconference, I was asked about candidacies getting flattened by the "You are overqualified" objection. The caller said: "I am trying to re-direct my career from doing turnarounds to becoming COO with an early stage company. Invariably, this means working with younger individuals. It seems they buy into me on paper and on the phone, but when they find out how old I am when I show up I am suddenly 'overqualified.' Maybe it's just my imagination, but..."

Published on: Wednesday, July 28, 2010

Easy to File Charges But…

Posted By: Dave Opton
Filed Under: dave opton, age discrimination, bias, reality, supreme court

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If you are anything like me, while you always knew there were laws against age discrimination on an intellectual level, it wasn't until you got out there in the real world looking to make a change at 45+ that you came to realize it's indeed all too real. Not a great feeling, to understate the case.

A few years ago, there was a fair amount of press given to the Supreme Court ruling that supposedly made it easier for people to file a suit. When all that was going on, it served to remind me that when it comes to stuff like this, it still puts the person who feels they have been injured in a very tough place indeed.