The Stereotype of the Older Worker

The Employment Blawg has a great post about employing older workers.

I personally enjoy employing older workers. I am relatively young in comparison to the rest of the workforce. All of the executives I have recruited are older than me so I guess the difference between a guy who is 38 and 58 is pretty slim from my point of view.

Still, it definitely seems like there is still a lot of bias against old people, especially in younger or more tech savvy companies. As George mentions in his blog, it is a hush-hush thing among HR folks but it is a widely acknowledged problem.

On that same note, I had a comment in my book review about Microsoft’s hiring process from an older person who just doesn’t get the idea of those types of interview questions. I wonder what the demographics of fast moving, entrepreneurial, or tech savvy companies look like.

There is some good advice for older workers looking for resume success in this Forbes article. It is written by the founder of Jobs 4.0, a job board that specifically targets job seekers over 40. Which isn’t the reason it is good, it is just interesting.