Age Discrimination in Hiring & Tips on How to Overcome it

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  • Опубликовано: 7 ноя 2024

Комментарии • 47

  • @daffyduk77
    @daffyduk77 Месяц назад +1

    "try & make yourself sound young & dynamic" without telling lies (which can be uncovered !) You could also point to how few days you've had off sick (if applicable !) because that can be a major concern.

    • @AgeBlocked
      @AgeBlocked  Месяц назад

      Thanks for sharing these tips

    • @Bronzato
      @Bronzato Месяц назад +2

      Thank you so much and keep smiling

  • @lovelyc251
    @lovelyc251 19 дней назад +1

    Thanks for this watching for a loved one

    • @AgeBlocked
      @AgeBlocked  19 дней назад

      Hope it's useful for me. Lot's of us in the same position.

  • @Bronzato
    @Bronzato Месяц назад +1

    Thanks for your advices. Keep up !

  • @schoolneverteach
    @schoolneverteach Месяц назад +1

    Useful detailed tips

  • @anneest
    @anneest Месяц назад +2

    Good recommendations, thanks for sharing. I agree with cutting one’s CV to the last most relevant jobs and cover max 15 years of experience. Also never have your birthday, marital status and that sort of private details on your CV, it’s really none of their business (I live in Norway where it’s not allowed to ask for such information to candidates).
    I have been in one interview where the interviewer tried to know my age, and I refused to give him this information. He got quite annoyed and insisted, so I quickly knew that this was not a place I wanted to work for.
    Never forget that interviews go both ways: you as a candidate also ‘interview’ the company you are visiting. They oftentimes forget about this it seems?
    For me LinkedIn was essential, I made efforts to extend my network, first locally, and this is how I got to an interview and it was a good fit for both, so I got hired.
    All the best for continuing with your channel, keep up the good work 👍😀

    • @AgeBlocked
      @AgeBlocked  Месяц назад +1

      Thanks for watching! Right on about the birthday and marital status too.
      I have been to some interviews where they weren't interested in me asking questions. That tells me what I can expect if I get hired... "do what you are told, and your input isn't valued."

    • @lindc1070
      @lindc1070 Месяц назад +2

      In some countries you need to include that+ ID and it is the first thing they look at. Age.

  • @musictorelaxandunwind
    @musictorelaxandunwind Месяц назад +1

    useful video

    • @AgeBlocked
      @AgeBlocked  Месяц назад

      Glad you found it useful.

    • @musictorelaxandunwind
      @musictorelaxandunwind Месяц назад +1

      @@AgeBlocked one thing they may find out is our date of birth and passport details our true age.

    • @AgeBlocked
      @AgeBlocked  Месяц назад +1

      Yeah. Once you get the position, its really hard not to disclose because of the tax declaration you have to fill in too.

  • @edwardcatt2399
    @edwardcatt2399 Месяц назад +2

    ‘Ageism’? I never managed to score a ‘real’ job until I was forty!

    • @AgeBlocked
      @AgeBlocked  Месяц назад

      What were you doing before, and what are you doing now? Are you under 50?

    • @edwardcatt2399
      @edwardcatt2399 Месяц назад +1

      @@AgeBlocked - upon consideration a lot of it is my own fault. I’m 41 now, and before I migrated to Japan I’d only ever been a perennial adult uni student in New Zealand, _very_ naïvely thinking that a Bachelor of Arts was my golden ticket into any entry-level ‘white collar’ work. First job in New Zealand was a dodgy private school Skype teaching job for a Korean outfit where the boss tried to reinvent our contracts to make us into private contractors (which nobody seemed to worry about ‘cos they were all green youngsters too but I refused to sign the new contact and thus I was phased out of the position along with another Māori girl who, like me, quickly ‘smelled’ that this job was _not_ a legit one).
      Once I got to Tokyo / Japan - where I’ve now lived for fourteen years but will leave permanently this Sunday! - I quickly realized how rare full-time permanent English tutoring positions really are. Here any English tuition positions are basically 90% part-time and / or inconsistent class times and days, so often I have two ~ four hour downtime gaps on any given day (unpaid of course). When it got to the point where my Fridays had a seven-hour downtime gap, that was a BIG element in me deciding to pack it all in and call it a day, ‘cos at my age it doesn’t feel ‘groovy’ anymore to do ‘bara bara’ hours and it’s _never_ led to anything better.
      NO idea what I’ll do once I’m back in Auckland but I’m also in a position whereby I don’t have to worry about that so much anymore, so . . . 👍

    • @edwardcatt2399
      @edwardcatt2399 Месяц назад +1

      @@AgeBlocked - odd . . . I wrote a reply of a few paragraphs and yet it seems to have vanished?

    • @AgeBlocked
      @AgeBlocked  Месяц назад

      It's turned up now. Happens to me too. I reply to someone and it just disappears. Not sure why.

    • @AgeBlocked
      @AgeBlocked  Месяц назад

      Are you able to teach English remotely for yourself, as it not working for anyone else? Maybe try and get some contacts before you leave Japan and offer a discounted rate. I saw a video today saying that NZ is even worse than here economy wise and most migrants are now diverting away from NZ and coming over here instead.

  • @Realrad84
    @Realrad84 Месяц назад +4

    Even with a computer in their pockets, young folk are severely lacking in common sense. They can't fix a car, plumb, or act like a normal human. Tattoos are preferred over experience.

    • @AgeBlocked
      @AgeBlocked  Месяц назад

      Never thought about the tattoo thing, until now!

    • @edwardcatt2399
      @edwardcatt2399 Месяц назад +1

      You radiate a hella ‘Get off of my damned lawn!’-type energy mate . . .

    • @skyblazeeterno
      @skyblazeeterno Месяц назад +1

      Nonsense. I've worked with teenagers and you know what ? They are like us oldies some are lazy some are hardworking, some are stupid, some are clever. Remember generations before us were saying the same things about us

  • @lindc1070
    @lindc1070 Месяц назад +2

    Include a photo where you look young and fit

    • @AgeBlocked
      @AgeBlocked  Месяц назад +1

      Oh that man on the thumbnail isn't me. I might be old now, but I am still fit :)

    • @lindc1070
      @lindc1070 Месяц назад +2

      @@AgeBlocked 🤣I thought he was your grandad

    • @Sunshine-zi4nq
      @Sunshine-zi4nq Месяц назад +1

      😂you can cheat a bit with the photo. Airbrush it or send one taken up to 5 years ago.

    • @AgeBlocked
      @AgeBlocked  Месяц назад +1

      Believe it or not, that man was created with AI. Looks pretty real doesn't it. It's the first AI thumbnail I've used that doesn't look dumb.

    • @lindc1070
      @lindc1070 Месяц назад +1

      @@AgeBlocked scary

  • @mr.t114
    @mr.t114 Месяц назад +1

    Why do you work for others? You seem to be most competent, start up something on your own, i would never ever again work for others as i did from the bottom but i never advanced, i never asked for more than what salary i was given and maybe i shouldn´t have gotten more then but the thing is, you become used, used and abused is my experience of it.

    • @AgeBlocked
      @AgeBlocked  Месяц назад +1

      That's my plan. It's taking longer than I hoped... much longer. Trying to start things without a big initial investment (marketing/promoting) means things are going slow. Hopefully I can get some pocket money to help with my other 5 hour a week job and just build it up from there.

  • @nighteyeson
    @nighteyeson Месяц назад +1

    Scan your age first...then omitted

  • @GramGramGenX-ln5sc
    @GramGramGenX-ln5sc Месяц назад +1

    We "old" people have work ethic. The young people do not.

    • @AgeBlocked
      @AgeBlocked  Месяц назад

      I feel bad companies ethics has much to do with it. It's the chicken & egg thing.

    • @GramGramGenX-ln5sc
      @GramGramGenX-ln5sc Месяц назад +1

      @@AgeBlocked Eat the chicken and throw the eggs. It's time for change!

    • @AgeBlocked
      @AgeBlocked  Месяц назад

      The way the world is going lately is reminding me of that movie V.

    • @skyblazeeterno
      @skyblazeeterno Месяц назад

      Simply not true. Why are people making this a generational war?