Ageism occurs in many different forms. We brainstormed and came up with the following examples:
Black balloon parties
“You don’t look 40” (or any other age)
Doctors not taking older patients
Terms like “elderly,” “aged,” and “greedy geezers”
Limited positive roles in TV and movies for older people
People in their 20s being told they are too young to work with [...]
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Posted by Keitha:
What does workplace flexibility really look like? We don’t know yet because, as U.S. employers in the 21st century, we are in the midst of transition. We have one foot in the traditional business models, principles and constructs despite the fact that they aren’t working in a global economy with a multi-generational workforce. [...]
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Now that the Democratic nominee for U. S. President has been determined, as voters, we will be faced with an interesting psychological dilemma – how do we feel about age and competence? I’m not talking about the overanalyzed question of who has the most “experience” but rather the always expressed but seldom analyzed perspective that [...]
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Posted by Kris:
When Maynard G. Krebs on the Dobie Gillis Show made his now famous reaction to the utterance of the word “work”, I don’t think we ever thought of Maynard as a visionary. We just thought he was allergic to work. But today, as millions of Baby Boomers have the chance to transform the [...]
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