What is the name of your state? Tennessee
I had an interview last Monday at an accounting firm in a small rural city in East Tennessee. The interview went great until the last bit when one of the interviewers started I conversation which I immediately found odd. He stated he went to a seminar about how different generations interact and which generations revolved around their respected birth years. I knew right away what he was doing and did not engage in the discussion, I just let him talk...he knew I was on to him and instead directly asks me for my age. Needless to say I was uncomfortable and felt compelled to answer. After they knew my age, I kid you not, the interview promptly ended.
Now I understand the protected class is 40 years of age and older, but in today's society the job market is becoming increasingly competitive. I am 28 years old and fortunatley still look like I just graduated high school. Yet, I know without a doubt they held this over me. They did not know my age until they looked at my transcript...that they request I bring. I went back and looked at my transcript and it has the year of high school graduation on it, of which any one who can count backwards 17 or so years can determine the age of the interviewee. Has this ever been adressed. I felt more like he wanted to confirm my age after he calculated it in his head and after confirmation he wanted to go on to the next interview.
A sensible person can not disagree that age discrimination does indeed take place under the age of 40 as well. Young college grads are looked at more highly than someone who waited 6 years to college.
Is it illegal for an interviewer to ask age without it supporting any job relations or further direction for the interview. I mean, if not, one could argue if they don't look over 40 take the gamble and ask.
Also, how can colleges be adressed of the issue and be made to omit the irrelevant information regarding the year of graduation from high school. It seems like a huge loophole in which companies can find out someone's age. Almost everyone in business, medical, technical, etc. fields who sit for interviews after graduation almost always submit transcripts. This fact alone shows the huge disadvantage of older graduates and adults who go back to school.
Even though the firm had the information on the transcript they still directly asked my age. They told me they would remit a response to me by last Friday, yet nothing to date. They just hired a younger college friend of mine with a much less GPA and has self imposed work hours preventing him from working the requested 40 per week.
What options do I have?
Can I report them to the EEOC?
Can I report them to my state?
Do interviewees under 40 years of age have any protection at all, even when its obvious what happened?
Are there any legal cases in which someone under 40 years of age took a similar case to court?
What outlets at the city, county, state, and federal levels can I voice my concerns and get legislation to look for changes regarding age discrimination?
Anyone can request a college transcript apparently...so therefore nobody is protected from potential employers finding out their age. This indeed needs to be adressed. All employers have to do is inquire about where you went to college and BINGO...they gotcha.
I had an interview last Monday at an accounting firm in a small rural city in East Tennessee. The interview went great until the last bit when one of the interviewers started I conversation which I immediately found odd. He stated he went to a seminar about how different generations interact and which generations revolved around their respected birth years. I knew right away what he was doing and did not engage in the discussion, I just let him talk...he knew I was on to him and instead directly asks me for my age. Needless to say I was uncomfortable and felt compelled to answer. After they knew my age, I kid you not, the interview promptly ended.
Now I understand the protected class is 40 years of age and older, but in today's society the job market is becoming increasingly competitive. I am 28 years old and fortunatley still look like I just graduated high school. Yet, I know without a doubt they held this over me. They did not know my age until they looked at my transcript...that they request I bring. I went back and looked at my transcript and it has the year of high school graduation on it, of which any one who can count backwards 17 or so years can determine the age of the interviewee. Has this ever been adressed. I felt more like he wanted to confirm my age after he calculated it in his head and after confirmation he wanted to go on to the next interview.
A sensible person can not disagree that age discrimination does indeed take place under the age of 40 as well. Young college grads are looked at more highly than someone who waited 6 years to college.
Is it illegal for an interviewer to ask age without it supporting any job relations or further direction for the interview. I mean, if not, one could argue if they don't look over 40 take the gamble and ask.
Also, how can colleges be adressed of the issue and be made to omit the irrelevant information regarding the year of graduation from high school. It seems like a huge loophole in which companies can find out someone's age. Almost everyone in business, medical, technical, etc. fields who sit for interviews after graduation almost always submit transcripts. This fact alone shows the huge disadvantage of older graduates and adults who go back to school.
Even though the firm had the information on the transcript they still directly asked my age. They told me they would remit a response to me by last Friday, yet nothing to date. They just hired a younger college friend of mine with a much less GPA and has self imposed work hours preventing him from working the requested 40 per week.
What options do I have?
Can I report them to the EEOC?
Can I report them to my state?
Do interviewees under 40 years of age have any protection at all, even when its obvious what happened?
Are there any legal cases in which someone under 40 years of age took a similar case to court?
What outlets at the city, county, state, and federal levels can I voice my concerns and get legislation to look for changes regarding age discrimination?
Anyone can request a college transcript apparently...so therefore nobody is protected from potential employers finding out their age. This indeed needs to be adressed. All employers have to do is inquire about where you went to college and BINGO...they gotcha.
