Rise of Ageism Due to Your Health The rise of ageism appears often when our health or our peer’s health fails. I was on an Encore Network call where we heard an interesting story. A company hired an “older” worker and within the first 3 months, the new hire needed a hip replacement. This was […]
Ageism is Alive and Well, and We Just Have to Deal with It!
Ageism is Alive and Well Ageism is alive and well in our society. None of us who have had to deal with it like it. However, we do have to deal with it. I recently published my latest whitepaper, Dealing with Ageism – The Last Acceptable Bias White Paper where I attempted to bring together […]
How Age Beliefs Drive Ageism and What to Do About it with Becca Levy [Podcast]
Podcast #265 – How Age Beliefs Drive Ageism and What to Do About it Description: This week I am speaking with Becca Levy author of Breaking the Age Code: How Your Beliefs About Aging Determine How Long and Well You Live. Becca takes a different approach in discussing ageism and what to do about it. […]
Dilemma of Being Over 55 and Experiencing Long Term Unemployment
Over 55 and Experiencing Long Term Unemployment Are you over 55 and experiencing long-term unemployment? If so, you are not alone. According to a recent AARP article: In September, more than 1.3 million workers age 55 and older were unemployed, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Among job seekers in that age group, […]
Why Ageism is One of the Only Forms of Acceptable Discrimination?
Ageism is one of the Only Forms of Acceptable Discrimination It has become pretty apparent to me that ageism is one of the only forms of acceptable discrimination. I recently read the article, “Older workers are being nudged out the door: Why is it still OK to be ageist on the job?” by Richard Eisenberg. This […]
A Plan B of an Encore Career is the Best Defense Against Ageism [Podcast]
Podcast #244 – Pierre Fricke Detected Ageism Early and Planned his Encore Career as a Defense Against Ageism Description: This week I am speaking with Pierre Fricke who is a member of the Career Pivot membership community. I actually worked with Pierre back in the 1990s when both of us were at IBM. Pierre has […]
The Bifurcated and Opaque Issues of the 55+ Job Market in 2021
The Bifurcated and Opaque Issues of the 55+ Job Market The 55+ job market in 2021 is both bifurcated, those who have stayed employed versus those who have been unemployed, and the issues are very opaque. I have spent the last 6 months talking to career professionals of all types to understand what they are […]
Ageism – What It Is, How to Identify It and What to Do About It [Updated]
Ageism – Discrimination Against our Future Selves Ageism is a type of discrimination that involves prejudice against people based on their age. The problem is we all will get old, so why would we discriminate against people who are what we will become? Ashton Applewhite says in her TED talk Lets end ageism: Aging is not […]
Generation X, Welcome to the World of Ageism
Welcome to the World of Ageism The world of ageism is welcoming Generation X with a sledgehammer. The youngest of this cohort is now 40 years of age and eligible for protection from age discrimination according to federal guidelines. And as we know, that has not been very effective. The oldest of this cohort has […]
