Facebook, Amazon, and hundreds of companies post targeted job ads that screen out older workers
Facebook, Amazon, and hundreds of companies post targeted job ads that screen out older workers
- May 31, 2018
- Research by David Neumark, economics, in Vox.com, May 31, 2018
One 2017 study from economists at Tulane University and the University of California
Irvine found that job applicants near retirement age, especially women, were far less
likely to hear back from recruiters than younger workers. The study compared response
rates to more than 40,000 fake résumés sent in applications to 135 jobs.
For the full story, please visit https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2018/5/31/17408884/facebook-amazon-job-ads-age-discrimination-lawsuit.
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