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According to the Equal Opportunity Employment
Commission, reported incidents of age discrimination
in the United States, which fell dramatically in the
mid-1990s, are once again on the rise. In 2000,
reports increased to 16,008 from 14,141 in 1999. The
AARP estimates that 17,697,000 workers 55 and older
were in the work force in 2000, and that number is
expected to increase as more baby boomers start
hitting 55. A study by the National Research Council
(NRC) provides further evidence that the high-tech
industry may indeed foster age discrimination.
According to the NRC study, the primary obstacle older
tech workers face is an IT culture that values youth
over experience.
A 40-something Austin, Texas-based APL specialist who
wishes to remain anonymous for fear that speaking
about age discrimination will hamper his job search
conducted a one-time age-based experiment. The APL
specialist, who has been unemployed since 1999, listed
only his past 10 years of experience on one resume. He
received more calls from potential employers than when
he sent out his full resume. "This tells me
something," he says. "Employers are clearly looking
for people under 30 years old."
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