Age discrimination in job search...

I do not believe that he is being discriminated I am also 47 and I got hired the first time I applied for a job and my boyfriend is in his 40's also with 17 years experience he was hired same day he applied so I really don't think they are using his age or looks against him, I think he just needs to keep trying..Applications in minnesota are only kept 3 months the longest then you need to reapply and me myself I always call the company a day after I send in the application to remind them I am out here and still looking and if no call the 2nd day I appear on the door stop of the company to show them I am here and willing to work.

I do not think this has ever happened to me before. Whenever I apply for a job, and have an interview. I was never asked questions about my age, birth, hair color, ect. It is against the law to discriminate. If you ever run into this type of problem again; being discriminated, just report it to whomever can handle this. Like to a personnel dept of a company or whatever. Or you can complain to the state or federal agency who handles this.

Well i do understand how he feels and i am a lot older than him.But i think a lot of it has to do with the economy,and other people getting our jobs that we need and they dont.It makes me sick when i cant even get a job as a greater at walmart.But i am sure he will find some thing it not be what he wants but now a days we just about have to take what we can get.i wish well.

I, too, think part of it is the economy being sluggish. I don't know what kind of job your husband is applying for. Some sectors are harder to get something right now.

I don't think his age is the problem, unless they are looking for a newbie who obviously would start in a much lower wage/salary range.

Anyhow, I would advice against deleting part of your job history from your resume. It opens you up to questions once you sit in an interview and are obviously too old for such a short job history. All they have to do is ask about jobs you might have had before the first one you listed.

I don't even see the resume to be the problem. After all, he made it to the interview stage several times now. Maybe the problem is his interview personality. He might want to examine what was asked and what his answers were. What attitude did he exhibit. How enthusiastic did he show himself about the prospect of joining the company. Did he trash talk his previous company? Did he dress properly? Did he show the proper respect, even if he was interviewed by a 20 year old? Things like that can make or break the interview. Also, after the interview, he should send a thank you note in which he should stress what a good fit he is for the position and the company. After a week or so, if he hasn't heard anything, he should make a phone call about the status of his application. Even if they decided against him, it doesn't hurt to inquire what went wrong. Just ask for some good tips for the further job search.

I have experienced this myself and a friend of mine who was in her late 50s had the same experience. It's not easy to get a job when you're over thirty five, was our conclusion. Yes, only go back about 5 years or 5 jobs if he has had many jobs. Also I found out that experience doesn't count for much. I ran my own business and did all the administration myself for 15 years, including the business papers for the government and the income taxes and the payroll. When I went to get an office job after that I was told I was not qualified because I did not have a special degree in business. The job market is very competitive and extremely discriminatory, there is no question.

There is always discrimination in job hiring i think, wether the person is too young and unexperienced, or too old,or old looking, or even too fat..My mom has a complete secretarial course, and nobody will hire her cuz she's 54 yrs old, and they all want young, good looking, sexy girls in the office. Don't get me wrong, my mom is good looking and sexy, but she isn't young.

My partner is 35 years old and while he's never been discriminated against for his age, there was one company who told him they wouldn't hire him because he was 'overqualified." We took that to mean that they were looking for someone younger to fit the 'team image' that this company gives out.

The sad thing is that many companies will discriminate against older prospective employees. My only advice is to keep trying. Somewhere out there is a job just waiting for your husband to fill it. I wish him the best of luck. Searching for a new job is stressful at the best of times.

I was laid off, the nastynice way of saying you are fired,
because I was seventy nine even though I was physically
able to do the work. as it was a county job in the library system I did not feel up to fighting this as age discrimination
and also I had a nice little nest egg built up of retirement funds.But I do think there is age discrimination and it
starts around forty five. but its against the law and you
can callthem on it if they ask for age,hair color and physical descriptions as those are not needed. My suggestion is to
look as good as you can and have outlined your experince
very clearly. seems to me like they would be glad to get a man who is mature and stable.

just tell him to keep looking for a job and i'm sure he'll immediately find one. he only proves that he is worth hiring the fact that even being 47, bald and having grey moustache, he never make himself a burden and find his ways to make a living. my dad at age 45 loses his job as a manager in a massage clinic. unable to get a managerial job, he applied as a massage therapist, save some money and then go into barbecue business. he just dont want failures to stop him. he always say: "just keep on going"

Just keep trying. I know some people who got really great jobs at 58. Then of course there is my hubby who has had some of the age related problems as well. Do not put when you graduated from high school, or college.