Re: Too old?

[Maggie_Secara -at- capgroup -dot- com]

It does mean that UK residents can stop putting their birthdates on their
resumes, and that HR can't ask.

I've been coloring my hair since I was 22--not because it was grey but
because I found the color I realy wanted to have.. Now that my roots are
gray, sure they show sometimes, but who cares? By the way, I work *for* an
investment company but work *in* the IT department where the age range is
very broad. Being older doesn't make you a better writer, but don't you
hope you'll keep *getting* better as you go along? I recently went thru my
files and winnowed out the oldest work samples from 15 or 20 years ago and
boy! I wouldn't want to show those around any more. They're not totally
embarassing,  but certainly not up to my current standards.

Maggie


Al said:

>
>    David Farbey wrote:
>
>      From 1st October 2006 it will be illegal in the UK to discriminate
>      against employees on grounds of age. It is already illegal to
>      discriminate on grounds of race or sex.
>
>    The problem is not the legality of age discrimination, it's proving
>    age discrimination.   Charging age discrimination for not getting a
>    job is virtually impossible to prove, so passing a law against it is
>    an exercise in futility.  It's much easier to prove if you've worked
>    for a company for 20 years and are down sized six months before you
>    could retire, but even that is an uphill battle.

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