Dozens of Companies Are Using Facebook to Exclude Older Workers From Job Ads

Re:Dozens of Companies Are Using Facebook to Exclude Older W... by reaperducer on Friday December 22, 2017 @11:20AM (#15988533)

I feel this every time I'm between jobs. I'm all of gasp 45, and know from experience that the coding job I have right now, I have to ride as long as I can because at my age I'll probably never get another job again.

It doesn't matter how skilled a person is, or how much experience they have, in Silicon Valley you have a better chance of getting hired as a 20-something serial dog molester than a 50-year-old experienced tech.

And filtering out older people, while illegal, is so very easy to do to 99% of applicants by simply by looking at the year they got their undergrad degree.

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Re:Dozens of Companies Are Using Facebook to Exclude Older W... by jamielee on Saturday December 23, 2017 @02:16AM (#15993296)

That's really sad. Why would you even want to work in Silicon Valley if they treat people like that? There are plenty of jobs elsewhere that are less inclined to discriminate.

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Re:Dozens of Companies Are Using Facebook to Exclude Older W... by Pica_soO on Saturday December 23, 2017 @02:37PM (#15995846)

So if a older techie would redo his undergrad degree- he would reenter the workforce?

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Re:Dozens of Companies Are Using Facebook to Exclude Older W... by sombremesa on Thursday December 28, 2017 @03:52AM (#16021032)

You could also just leave the degree off your resume. If you have recent experience, you can even omit some of your early experience. Degrees don't count for a lot (unless you have zero experience) in silicon valley or tech companies in general, unless you're going for a research spot.

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