58 year old tells how Age and Applications dont mix in Australia
“I am constantly
ignored for employment in positions that I am well qualified for. When you don’t
put your age on an application the company will not accept the application or
will ask why you don’t want to complete the document. One recent website gave a
list of possible answers with the option “DONT WANT TO” as if I was acting like
a child by refusing to reveal my age. No employment agency will ever respond to
my applications even though I have an excellent track record in my industry. It
is like I died when the number reached a certain point in my lifecycle. I am
clean living with a sharp mind which makes the insult very hard to take.
When you push through
to the H.R department and if they pick up the phone one of the first things
they ask is what is your age? When they hear the answer they change the tone
of their voice and quickly move the conversation towards a close with false
promises.
When it keeps happening over and over
again the feeling it leaves you with is beyond commenting on... I have lost faith in this world”
