I agree. Sometimes age can be a discriminitory factor, but so many other things could be. I work for the Government, but when I was in the private sector, they didn't want to hire someone with a degree or degrees, they wanted experience; or even more important, someone they could groom and have control over. All to often I see interviewees that talk too much about their education and it can be misunderstood as a "no it all." In the private sector I was hired even while having long hair. There will always be some form of discrimination, it's just a matter of who interviews you.
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I agree. Sometimes age can be a discriminitory factor, but so many other things could be. I work for the Government, but when I was in the private sector, they didn't want to hire someone with a degree or degrees, they wanted experience; or even more important, someone they could groom and have control over. All to often I see interviewees that talk too much about their education and it can be misunderstood as a "no it all." In the private sector I was hired even while having long hair. There will always be some form of discrimination, it's just a matter of who interviews you.