How To Address Age Discrimination

Discrimination is distasteful - in whatever form. It hurts and causes damage to self-esteem among other things. There is no reason strong enough to justify discrimination and this is true of age discrimination as well. That age discrimination is prevalent is an unpleasant fact and if you are lucky, you may never have to face it even once in your life. However if you do face discrimination, either directly or indirectly, then it is indeed a natural instinct to want to stand up and correct the issue in whatever way you can. How do you recognise age discrimination when it happens and what can you do to address it?

Recognizing Age discrimination

When a person loses out on any opportunity or is treated unjustly on the basis of age, then they are said to be discriminated against on the basis of age. Direct age discrimination happens when you are treated unfairly because of your age, when compared to another person of a different age. Indirect age discrimination happens when there is a standard policy, which discriminates against people of a specific age group as compared to another. Age discrimination is unlawful, except where a certain age requirement is necessary as a qualification for certain occupations or the discrimination is positive.

Strategies to Check Age Discrimination

• Contemplate the use of a functional resume, which states your experience in different functions rather than one sequential by date. Keep only relevant and current details on your resume. Remove dates from your qualifications and experience…