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The OP has stated that she did all the fake stuff to get the job. She held herself back from making comments, was professional, and arrived on time. The problem is the young kids doing the hiring wasted her time because they knew she had no chance from the get go. It wasn't like this until the economy tanked and everyone started applying in mass numbers for the same job. Now HR is being utterly ridiculous because they can.
I'm confident the economy will rebound and employers will have to start hiring without discrimination again, but when??
The OP has stated that she did all the fake stuff to get the job. She held herself back from making comments, was professional, and arrived on time. The problem is the young kids doing the hiring wasted her time because they knew she had no chance from the get go. It wasn't like this until the economy tanked and everyone started applying in mass numbers for the same job. Now HR is being utterly ridiculous because they can.
I'm confident the economy will rebound and employers will have to start hiring without discrimination again, but when??
I also learned that sometimes interviewers and HR people don't even bother looking at your application nor your resume prior to the interview. That happened at Lowes and they wasted my time. My waiting time was more than the interview that was cut short.
The problem is the young kids doing the hiring wasted her time because they knew she had no chance from the get go.
The problem is the attitude that a 35 year old manager is a "young kid." If you have that attitude, it will be pretty visible. If you want to not be discriminated against, you can't come with a condescending, ageist attitude.
There may be many people in a trade but their skills and ability vary widely especially in technical professions. Hiring someone at the bottom of the spectra can hurt a company greatly (as I have seen quite often) and hiring someone at the top of the spectra can help immensely. Focusing on hiring the best qualified candidate should be a top priority.
I'm sorry you are suffering the delusion that technical skills don't matter. I'd hate to work for or invest in a company that doesn't understand this.
I never said technical skill doesn't matter. I said it only matters probably 30%. Other skills are more important, particularly if you want to go up the ladder.
Like I said before, a balanced individual will get hired and promoted faster than others. By balanced, I mean the person is both technically competent and knowing how to play politics.
The problem is the attitude that a 35 year old manager is a "young kid." If you have that attitude, it will be pretty visible. If you want to not be discriminated against, you can't come with a condescending, ageist attitude.
According to the OP they immediately turned their noses up when they saw her old looking face. She did what she could to appear more youthful such as dying her hair, but they still saw her as old the minute they met her.
She described their behavior as immature and careless. Of course she had an ageist attitude.
According to the OP they immediately turned their noses up when they saw her old looking face. She did what she could to appear more youthful such as dying her hair, but they still saw her as old the minute they met her.
She described their behavior as immature and careless. Of course she had an ageist attitude.
And I wonder this because the OP removed the graduation date off her resume?
My opinion is that: if you really wanted to land this job you would have acted as you would like to get this job during the interview. Seems like you had a few other options so they would work out better for you.
I hope you get a job somewhere not that far in future. In couple days?! I wish we all had good jobs, unfortunately the job market is overcrowded.
OP, It does sound like you assumed the worst before coming to the interview, and yes, the ageism shows..even without words. Interviewers can sense from body posture, attentiveness, attitude, etc, and in offices, where people will have to work together, that is a cancer.
So hopefully your other options come through, because you need to accept the fact your boss will often be younger, and he/she must still be treated with the respect his/her position commands. Not being able to understand the boss' age is not relevent is often the older employees biggest disadvantage.
i almost agree --next to the worst, the worst is being unemployed.
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In couple days?! I wish we all had good jobs, unfortunately the job market is overcrowded.
