Why older workers shave years off their resumes
Why older workers shave years off their resumes
- May 7, 2015
- Patrick Button, economics graduate student, is quoted by Market Watch May 7, 2015
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From Market Watch:
“Age discrimination laws will reduce firing,” says Patrick Button, co-author of the
working paper and Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Economics at the University
of California, Irvine. “But it may not protect older workers from discriminating from
hiring.” And when companies downsize in an economic downturn, he adds, it’s easier
to get rid of older, more expensive employees.
For the full story, please visit http://www.marketwatch.com/story/why-older-workers-shave-years-off-their-resume-2015-05-07.
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