the job ad is probably breaking EC law: https://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=A0LEVw5kflZTrwcAsI9XNyoA;_ylu=X3oDMTEzOHIzajlyBHNlYwNzcgRwb3MDNQRjb2xvA2JmMQR2dGlkA1NNRTM5OV8x?qid=20091127043400AAXVdZ5
On 22 April 2014 14:43, dave miller <[email protected]> wrote: > "If you apply for a job in any other realm, it's common practice not to > ask your age, sex or race – positions are generally offered without any > prejudice or bias." > Well, this isn't my experience - I find old codgers like me just don't > even get a look-in for most jobs. It's like - well can you imagine someone > like your dad joining a trendy creative agency? How would an old man or > woman fit in with a team of young bearded hipster dot com design gurus? Of > course they don't want you, they want someone cool! > Someone said to me once if you over 40 years old forget trying to get into > the world of advertising. Luckily I didn't want to anyway, but it's not > nice to be excluded. > I think prejudice is widespread - but isn't it illegal to explicitly > exclude certain people in your job ads. I think the art ads mentioned are > probably breaking the law? > dave > > > On 22 April 2014 14:32, marc garrett <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Question of age: ‘old’ artists need not apply. >> >> Glasgow-based artist Ally Wallace asks: Why is ageism seen as an >> acceptable form of discrimination by so many in the art world? >> >> Looking through the jobs and opportunities on a-n.co.uk recently, I >> spotted this listing for a residency in Luxembourg. It looked interesting, >> but then I noticed this: ‘Applicants should not be older than 40 years’. >> Why 40, I wondered? Why has someone sat down and decided they don’t want >> any resident artists over the age of 40? >> >> This age restriction thing always bugs me – especially when there seems >> to be no reason for it. Usually the opportunity will specify that >> applicants should be under the age of 35, or occasionally even 30. >> Sometimes, you read these listings and then you’ll have a look at the >> organisation’s website, and it’s only when you get the full brief – maybe >> at the very end – that it states you have to be under 35. It’s happened to >> me so many times: an opportunity will look promising but then you read on >> and realise you can’t apply because you’re too old. >> >> When I mention this to people who aren’t involved in the art world they >> can't quite believe it. If you apply for a job in any other realm, it's >> common practice not to ask your age, sex or race – positions are generally >> offered without any prejudice or bias. It seems so strange that when it >> comes to art, age discrimination is relatively widespread. If something is >> obviously sexist or racist, we’re pretty much all in agreement that it's a >> bad thing, but it seems like we haven’t yet decided if ageism is wrong. >> We’re all a bit vague about it. >> >> http://new.a-n.co.uk/news/single/question-of-age-old- >> artists-need-not-apply >> _______________________________________________ >> NetBehaviour mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour >> > >
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