I agree with you completely. I was going to say something, but didn't since
I have only a little cultural experience outside the US, and didn't know
what is legal and/or considered acceptable in Spain. It would never "fly" in
this country to blatantly discriminate on the basis of age like that.
Although I'm 34, I'd hate to be excluded from a job for which I was
qualified simply because I was 24, or 44.

T. Reeves

|-----Original Message-----
|From: Eric Dawson [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
|Sent: Thursday, May 03, 2001 8:29 AM
|Subject: Sales Director
|
|
|Hi everybody,
|The advertisement for a salesman brings up a good point.
|Why do firms insist on specifying an age limit for a
|particular post when it
|precludes very suitable and dynamic people both above and
|below the llimits.
|In particular, an older person can bring a wealth of experience and
|knowledge to the table that a younger person may not have.
|Physical fitness? Look at the number of retired people in the London
|Marathon.
|Employers, please judge people on their merit, not when their parents
|decided to start a family.
|Regards
|Eric Dawson
|

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