Re: age discrimination

Subject: Re: age discrimination
From: "Brooks, Steven (Jay)" <jsbrooks -at- INGR -dot- COM>
Date: Fri, 9 May 1997 11:26:10 -0500

If an employer has to ask when you graduated high school/college, it
must not be stated on the resume. Is it now preferable to leave
graduation dates off the resume?

Thanks
Steve
jsbrooks -at- ingr -dot- com

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>From: Bob Morrisette[SMTP:Robert -dot- Morrisette -at- ebay -dot- sun -dot- com]
>Sent: Friday, May 09, 1997 11:20 AM
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>Subject: Re: age discrimination
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>> From writer -at- DHC -dot- NET Fri May 9 08:45:55 1997
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>> Date: Fri, 9 May 1997 10:35:03 -0500
>> From: Buck & Tilly Buchanan <writer -at- DHC -dot- NET>
>> Subject: Re: age discrimination
>> Comments: To: Joanne Greene <joanne -dot- greene -at- JACOBUS -dot- COM>
>> To: TECHWR-L -at- LISTSERV -dot- OKSTATE -dot- EDU
>>
>> Joanne Greene wrote:
>> >
>> > That seemed like age discrimination to me.
>>
>> The sneaky way they find out your age nowadays is "Please fax us a copy
>> of your SS card and driver's license.
>>
>> Buck Buchanan
>> writer -at- dhc -dot- net
>> Arlington, TX
>>
>Other sneaky questions I've encountered are:
>
>"When did you graduate from high school?"
>
>"How old are your children?"
>
>A publications manager once told me on the telephone while scheduling
>an interview, "Most of the people applying are old geezers." I'll never
>forget her expression when I walked into her office for an interview.
>There is lots of age discrimination out there, but hiring managers still
>exist who want performance above anything else.
>
>Bob Morrisette
>writer -at- sabu -dot- EBay -dot- sun -dot- com
>Geezer extraordinaire
>
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