Older Workers, 6 Reasons You Aren’t Getting Hired

It’s not because you are old, it’s because you act old.

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I’m looking for someone with previous operational and leadership success for a new position. Even though I’m in the older worker category, I am disappointed by how some senior workers act.

Here 6 are reasons I have turned down applicants that happened to be older.

Being allergic to basic technology. So you can write in cursive and drive a stick shift, no one cares. You probably remember what C>dir means. What’s so hard about clicking an icon?

Acting like you don’t need to learn. An extension of the point above. MS Word isn’t hard, Excel is a lot easier than lotus 123 was in the 80s. You don’t need to write code, you should at least understand:

+(e23+e33)*(d19/d45)

Take a couple classes. Once you get the basics you will find that most programs follow a similar logic.

Being derogatory about social media. It’s where the world lives, get used to it. Get a Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, maybe a tic toc account. OK maybe not tic toc. Use them enough to understand them. Want to visit the kids or grandkids, chances are you will find them there.

Using language that isn’t acceptable in today’s workplace. Times have changed, understand and respect what and…