How can you fight age discrimination at age 65, when you apply for jobs?
If you’re 50 or more and looking for your preferred job position, you may have participated in a few job interviews. You may have noticed age discrimination in a couple of those interviews (or you just did right now!). Employment centers or departments in every organization could be the most ageist part. Most companies’ policies are based on hiring young, energetic, and motivated employees with enthusiasm to learn new skills. There’s a widespread and wrong belief that seniors cannot learn new things, and self-development is a concept that works better for the youth. So based on that belief, most business organizations tend to hire younger people, even if the background and experiences are more valuable in another volunteer with higher age.
So what should we do as a senior applying for a job? What should we do against this pathetic discrimination? First of all, develop yourself and your skills as much as possible. Let them know you by your valuable experiences and knowledge then; your age would be the last option the employers pay attention to. Try to connect with your employee during a job interview and let your energy impact the meeting. Suppose an employee or an interviewer is an ageist person; honestly, as a volunteer, you can’t do anything to change their belief. The only thing you need to do is present your abilities as well as you can and stay relaxed. If you get subjected to age discrimination, you can report it to legal authorities. The law always supports you.