
This has come to mind as in the last couple of weeks, 5 clients (all in different industry sectors and roles) have shared their suspicions with me that their job or promotion applications are being rejected (or simply ignored) due to their age. We are always careful to avoid making assumptions which may well be incorrect but in 3 of these cases (at least) the person concerned clearly met the stated criteria to a greater extent than the successful (and much younger) applicant and yet none of them were even interviewed. If we’re lucky, we’ll all get older so we all have an interest in this...
This HBR article from a couple of years ago nails it: https://lnkd.in/dccZdpq
#diversityandinclusion #agediscrimination #employment #recruitment