Does Discrimination Exist

I hope these articles inpire everybody to become self employed or to invest their money wisely so that they can become independent and not have to answer to a job and a boss and a time-clock everyday; especially for the brand new entrepeneurs just trying to get started or who is only so far just thinking about getting started and wondering how and what to do.

Let me say this: I'm 60 years old, have worked for 33 years and belonged to a steel workers union. I did shipping and recieving and also accounts payable work, and am very computer literate. After I retired from that work I worked in retail for 4 years and am currently working as a public safety/security officer at a large mall, where I also am like a customer service person and a representative of the owners of the mall for the past 4 years.

I do not change jobs or jump from job to job every 3-4 months and am a very dependable and stable worker. Every boss/supervisor I ever had always really appreciated me and my work and never hesitated to tell me so.

This past year I have been wanting to get away from the public safety /security work and have been looking to change jobs. I must have sent out at least 75 resumes to date for jobs that I KNOW I was qualified for. I didn't try to apply for anything out of my league or what I felt I couldn't do or didn't have the knowledge for. But I did apply for jobs that would be new to me if the job ad said they were willing to train. To date I haven't recieved one response.

I have reached the conclusion that even though age discrimination is illegal and that companies can not ask your age or marital status on their applications.....they can figure out your age with a pretty good guess by your resume when they want you to list and fill in all the time frames from your previous jobs.

Yes, I think age discrimination exist...that's why I encourage all of you whether you are young or more elderly like myself, that if you are presently working for a company to try and get independent as soon as you can with your own business or investments. I say this because of what I have just stated above.

Also I say it because by the time you get into your 40's or 50's it seems like it is the trend for companies to find ways to eliminate their employees in this age area, and then you will probably find yourself being discriminated against for your age, and also in a terrible mess without any health and hospital insurance, and by the time you get to be in your 40's and 50's you are bound to have pre-existing conditions which many insurance comapanies won't even touch and if they do the premium is going to be unaffordable.

That's all for now.
Frederick
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