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U.S. Workforce Clashes with Persistent Ageism

Allwork

Data shows how older generations of Americans are pushing back their retirement, some are even returning to the workforce. In the workplace, ageism manifests in various ways — such as younger employees being promoted over more experienced colleagues, to inappropriate comments about an employee’s age.

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How Candidates And Managers Can Identify And Combat Age Discrimination

Allwork

Ageism is when employers treat an applicant or employee less favorably because of their age, which can apply to younger people with less experience, or older people who are close to what is traditionally considered retirement age. . Perhaps most crucially, promotions and raises should be based on performance, not age. .

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Avoid Burnout by Creating Your Own Utopia

Office Dynamics

Supporting a positive team-focused environment helps reduce stress that can cause burnout. Feeling comfortable asking for and offering work assistance promotes a healthy workplace. Continue to learn through professional and personal development to create an environment you choose to work in. Create your own work Utopia.

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Multigenerational Communication & Cross-mentorship

Office Dynamics

When given the opportunity to meet with someone fairly new to the profession and someone embracing an upcoming retirement to explore even more in life, I enthusiastically embrace the moment and ask several questions of each! The team shares varied views and appropriate input for decision making that helps promote the company’s mission.

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Answering Reader Mail: From Lawyer to Executive Assistant?

Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

Any recruiter who sees your resume and finds out you used to be a lawyer will silently wonder the following questions. Can you fit in a corporate structured environment? Whether based on your cover letter or resume, recruiters only take 6 seconds to see if you are match. 1) Do you have the admin skills to be an EA?

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Is Your Education Useless? | Men With Pens

Men With Pens

Many freelancers don’t have to send their resumes to people anymore, so those degrees don’t see a lot of action, but they’re there, collecting dust on our walls. Pictures, sound, words, visuals, environments. Now I can just work the job I want and retire happy&# I’m like, you moron, education never stops! Am I a filmmaker?

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