Agreed: my father is 63 and far more energetic than me. However, he'd make a terrible programmer.
On 11 December 2012 12:08, Rod Hyde <rod.h...@gmail.com> wrote: > Surely it is ageism to imply that energetic implies ageism? In other > words, if a person thinks that energetic implies ageism, then that person > has a preconceived idea of a relationship between energy levels and age, > otherwise they would not have considered such a rule in the first place. > > --- Rod > > > > > On 11 December 2012 11:48, Andy Robinson <a...@reportlab.com> wrote: > >> On 11 December 2012 11:45, Matt Hamilton <ma...@netsight.co.uk> wrote: >> > We just submitted a job ad to a University placement scheme site and >> there was a whole load of info there about what you can and can't say. e.g. >> you couldn't ask for someone 'energetic' as it implied ageism. *facepalm* I >> remember a while back someone from aUniversity IT dept looking at me in >> horror at our job advert. They said they had to ask *exactly* the same >> questions of each candidate regardless of how the candidate answered or >> whether relevant or not. Seemed to me impossible to actually assess >> someone's ability or suitability if they were that strict. >> > >> >> Brilliant. I wonder if the same rules apply to students and academics >> they interview? >> _______________________________________________ >> python-uk mailing list >> python-uk@python.org >> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-uk >> > > > _______________________________________________ > python-uk mailing list > python-uk@python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-uk > >
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