OliveStreet
Junior Member
Greetings,
I live in Phoenix, Arizona. I've been filling out a lot of job applications online lately because that is the only option given. It seems employers are asking for far too much personal information than is necessary. For instance, several force an applicant to agree to allow a background, criminal and financial check. I can understand all this if they are seriously considering making an offer to a potential candidate, but I don't think this is appropriate information to be asking someone who is simply applying for a job.
But my real question is this: In many of these online applications, my age is asked and is in a "required" field. In other words, if I do not submit my age, I cannot submit the application. Now that I am closing in on the fifty-year old mark, how I can know for sure that my application isn't being tossed in the circular filing cabinet the moment a screener sees my age? As you might expect, after providing all this personal information I have yet to hear back from anyone. Yet I am perfectly qualified for many of the positions I am applying for?
I live in Phoenix, Arizona. I've been filling out a lot of job applications online lately because that is the only option given. It seems employers are asking for far too much personal information than is necessary. For instance, several force an applicant to agree to allow a background, criminal and financial check. I can understand all this if they are seriously considering making an offer to a potential candidate, but I don't think this is appropriate information to be asking someone who is simply applying for a job.
But my real question is this: In many of these online applications, my age is asked and is in a "required" field. In other words, if I do not submit my age, I cannot submit the application. Now that I am closing in on the fifty-year old mark, how I can know for sure that my application isn't being tossed in the circular filing cabinet the moment a screener sees my age? As you might expect, after providing all this personal information I have yet to hear back from anyone. Yet I am perfectly qualified for many of the positions I am applying for?