Read an article in a trade magazine recently that said when sending a c:v's to employers obviously keep it brief; gear it to the job description and if you're over 50, under no circumstances put your dob or age.
Same was suggested for marital status.
Companies should read and select for interview based on relevant data. Not feed any implied hiring policy based on age or marital or parental status as that's discrimination.
@Picklebobble2 I just hate that it exists. As long as people can still contribute why prevent them from doing so? It can't be all cold dollars and cents calculation, they should look at the human being behind the CV.
@bijouxbroussard i've got quite a few grey hairs...but i have a "youngish" face...but ya know what?... i don't know what you look like but i know you have a heart of gold....and that surpasses any physical attribute as we get older 🤗
Yes, I see what you mean. To help clarify; I'm proud of the station at which I've arrived resulting from my experiences over time. It has more to do with the growth of my being-ness within a time continuum. To say, "I'm proud of my age," is really a misnomer. But I need to put it in terms other people are familiar with. So, I say, I'm proud of my age.
So many concepts are expressed poetically and through figures of speech. For example; when someone says, "turn off the kettle," you learn from observation the connotation of what that means: Turn off the heat source heating the contents of the kettle. There's no mechanism in the kettle to turn off. And yet, when someone says, turn off the kettle, there's no debate. You just know what that means.
I'm using, "I'm proud of my age," in the same way. Although, I understand the connotation to which I'm referring is much less familiar than those commonly used, such as, "turn off the kettle."
There are [i]universally[/i] common connotations and figures of speech on which [i]everyone[/i] agrees.
All people agree the Sun rises in the East and sets in the West. That's very poetic. The [b]de[/b]notative understanding (from a physics and astronomical point of view) is; people are positioned at points on the Earth. The Earth is constantly rotating on its axis. As the Earth rotates, it brings you around to face the Sun, and, as it continues its rotation, takes you away from it. So, it's not really the [i]Sun[/i] that's rising and setting, it's YOU. But, unless people understand it in those terms, for me to tell people the Sun doesn't [i]really[/i] rise in the East and set in the West, would naturally lead them to thinking I'm a mental case.
So. In [i]connotative[/i] terms, yes, I'm proud of my age, which has to do with where I am with myself which has developed over time - not how many times the Earth has orbited the Sun since I started my Earthly journey.
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I'm comfortable in my skin. I was told a few days ago, by friends I've known for more than 15 years, that I look about 15 years younger than my biological age.
@Longpatrol Certainly, insofar as @ArtieKat is satirical and nonsensical - and almost old enough to have his roots in the horrors of the First World War.
Sometimes I share, usually more evasive than outright lying. For instance, I'm more forthright with people older than me. No way going to clue current or prospective employers on the reality.
Another reason I'm evasive is because I feel bad for people who look their age (so to say) or older and find out I'm actually older than them (most guess me 10 years younger than I am), if that makes sense.
If asked,I give it.When I was much younger,I would sometimes ask people to guess if they asked - invariably I would get a younger age in response; probably their being careful not to offend by picking a higher number.
When I was in my 20s, I couldn’t understand why anyone would lie about their age. Now in my 30s, I wanna be in my 20s again. I won’t do the lie but waaaaah