Age Discrimination - Job search question of the week

Courtesy Topix - Business News  Sun, 03/07/2010 - 10:50

On Fridays, I'm posting a job search question from one of our readers. This was a question posted in response to my posting on Linkedin Answers "Candidates - What's your most difficult job search question?"

K.T. shared a question she had about her own job search, and asked:

"Age discrimination is my biggest problem.

Being a face reader I can tell immediately their impression of me. It's happened many times."

Age discrimination is a big issue for candidates these days....


 

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