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iHire Survey Suggests 1 in 3 Workers Over 50 Have Experienced Ageism in Their Job Search

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Thursday, September 7, 2023

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FREDERICK, Md., Sept. 7, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- A new survey conducted by iHire suggests that one in three U.S. workers over 50 years old (33.6%) believe they have experienced ageism in their job search. Of the 1,495 job seekers from 57 industries who responded to iHire's August 2023 poll, 23.1% also experienced ageism at work or on the job, as more older Americans return to the workforce or delay retirement.

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FREDERICK, Md., Sept. 7, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- A new survey conducted by iHire suggests that one in three U.S. workers over 50 years old (33.6%) believe they have experienced ageism in their job search.
Of the 1,495 job seekers from 57 industries who responded to iHire's August 2023 poll, 23.1% also experienced ageism at work or on the job, as more older Americans return to the workforce or delay retirement.
- Lori Cole, iHire Certified Career Coach
Additional findings from iHire's survey include the following:
Of the 33.6% of respondents who had experienced ageism during their job search:
53.8% said a potential employer chose a candidate younger than them for a job although they were equally or more qualified.
Of the 23.1% respondents who had experienced ageism at work or on the job:
43.6% said a younger or less experienced employee was promoted instead of them.

‘You are left flailing to try and look after yourself': the music industry still constrains mothers' careers

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Sunday, September 3, 2023

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On average, women receive less airplay on Australian radio, less pay and less representation on music boards, awards and line-ups than their male counterparts.

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On average, women receive less airplay on Australian radio, less pay and less representation on music boards, awards and line-ups than their male counterparts.
Understanding why women might leave their music careers and what could bring them back is an important part of solving the puzzle to increase their participation.
We recently conducted a study aimed at developing strategies to help women and gender-non-conforming people in Victoria return to music work after a career break.

Unsociable social hours

Even music with a more conservative image, like classical, is still performed outside normal working hours.
So the whole nighttime scenario was – I could occasionally get out, but I couldn’t have a career with gigs and rehearsals after hours.
So the whole nighttime scenario was – I could occasionally get out, but I couldn’t have a career with gigs and rehearsals after hours.
Even when respondents could afford childcare, they told us the hours on offer do not match with when they are needed.

Irregular work puts mothers off beat

It’s not an office job where you know you’re working nine to five, five days a week, and those hours are set for the whole year.
I mean it can be very flexible but at the same time there’s that unpredictability [which] can be really hard with arranging childcare or additional hours.
In an industry where women and gender-non-conforming people are already facing sexism, harassment and ageism, parenthood can be the final straw.
For others, seeing how hard parenting is in music might lead them to delay having children, or not have them at all.

Making music work more accessible

Music industry employers and workers offered several suggestions to improve the conditions for parents in the music industry.
Working to change the culture of the music industry so women with children are not treated as a novelty would help retain the talent of many who struggle to balance caring and music work.

Community is key

Our key takeaways were about the importance of personal relationships.
Networks are fundamental to building strong music careers.
People in our study had formed connections with one another and were resolved to develop their careers.

There's no age limit for politicians − as people live longer, should that change?

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Monday, August 28, 2023

But his fall was caught on live camera – and people on social media speculated about what was behind it.

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But his fall was caught on live camera – and people on social media speculated about what was behind it.
Biden, approaching his 81st birthday in November 2023, is the oldest serving U.S. president.
He shares the distinction of old age with a growing number of politicians, including U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein, who, at age 90, is the oldest person in the Senate and has served as senator since 1992.
Should society make retiring at a certain age mandatory for elected officials who run the country – like presidents and senators?
Whatever view one takes on the ethics of age limits for politicians, voting remains the primary way to put one’s views into practice.

Minuimum age requirements

Requirements for U.S. presidential candidates haven’t changed since 1789, when the Constitution was written.
In that era, the average life expectancy was about 34 years – but varied greatly for people who were slaves or free.
A person must be at least 25 years old in order to serve in the House of Representatives, while the minimum age rises slightly to 30 years old for serving in the Senate.

A question of maximum age limits

A 2022 YouGov poll reported that 58% of Americans want a maximum age for politicians.
Those who support age limits usually say that politicians holding office should be no more than 70 years old.
It is unclear how age limits like that could be implemented.
Increasingly, people everywhere will be forced to confront questions about whether a person can be too old to hold public office.

Ethical arguments for age limits

Considering age limits for high-ranking politicians poses certain ethical questions that do not have a clear answer.
Like age limits, however, capping years would disproportionately affect older workers – and some say that’s unjustly discriminatory.
Even without age cutoffs, age could still be a way to flag other relevant factors, like health.
As people age, they face heightened risk of chronic disease and of having multiple chronic conditions.

Ethical arguments against age limits

In rich Western countries, people do not retire because they can no longer work –retirement is not correlated with an actual reduction in physical or intellectual capabilities.
Those who oppose compulsory retirement, myself included, say that mandating retirement generates ageism, or negative stereotypes based on age.
People equally able to perform a job deserve equal chances to continue to work, independent of factors unrelated to job performance, such as age, race or gender identity.

The people decide

People supporting a maximum age limit for the president and members of Congress have launched online signature campaigns on Change.org.
But these efforts would require a constitutional amendment and have not gained major traction.
In a democracy, we the people decide by voting.

FlexJobs Names Top 10 Most Common Resume & Cover Letter Questions

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Monday, August 21, 2023

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BOULDER, Colo., Aug. 21, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- According to a recent FlexJobs survey, more than half (58 percent) of workers are actively trying to make a career change. At the same time, amid a cooling job marketplace marked by heightened competition, many candidates recognize the impact effective application materials can have in achieving career search success. To help job seekers improve their candidacy, FlexJobs has identified 10 of the most common resume and cover letter questions, with answers from career experts.

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To help job seekers improve their candidacy, FlexJobs has identified 10 of the most common resume and cover letter questions , with answers from career experts.
"As most job seekers know, it can be tough and time consuming to create a customized resume and cover letter for every job," said Keith Spencer, Career Expert at FlexJobs .
The Top 10 Most-Asked Questions About Resumes & Cover Letters Guide highlights the most pressing questions from job seekers and provides pertinent advice for anyone navigating resume and cover letter writing in the current world of work.
FlexJobs' compilation of the top 10 most common resume and cover letter questions is free to access and available on its blog.

New Campaign from The Ad Council and Alzheimer's Association Encourages Hispanic Communities to Recognize the Differences Between Normal Aging and Early Signs of Alzheimer's Disease

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Wednesday, August 16, 2023

NEW YORK, Aug. 16, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The Ad Council, in partnership with the Alzheimer's Association and creative agency Lopez Negrete Communications, launched new public service advertisements (PSAs) "Some Things Come with Age" in an effort to increase early detection of Alzheimer's and other dementias within the Hispanic community by raising awareness of the early signs and symptoms. The new campaign, which celebrates the positive aspects of aging while educating about changes that could be signs of Alzheimer's, will be available in English and Spanish nationwide.

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The new campaign, which celebrates the positive aspects of aging while educating about changes that could be signs of Alzheimer's, will be available in English and Spanish nationwide.
"Hispanic and Latino Americans are disproportionately affected by Alzheimer's, but are diagnosed later in the disease or not at all.
Latinos are 1.5 times more likely than non-Hispanic Whites to develop Alzheimer's disease, according to the 2023 Alzheimer's Association Alzheimer's Disease Facts and Figures report .
"We know that for many families, it can be difficult to distinguish between early signs of Alzheimer's and normal signs of aging," said Heidi Arthur, Chief Campaign Development Officer, Ad Council.

Film camera departments operate on a system of who you know, so what happens when you're not a member of the in-group?

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Wednesday, August 9, 2023

Well-intentioned policymakers have made many attempts to intervene over the past 50 years or so, focusing primarily on addressing gender imbalances using a “just add women and stir” approach.

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Well-intentioned policymakers have made many attempts to intervene over the past 50 years or so, focusing primarily on addressing gender imbalances using a “just add women and stir” approach.
Instead, we need to take a detailed view of who works in the Australian film industry, and understand the specific challenges they face.

Building a camera department

Our recently published research finds inequitable power dynamics behind the camera on Australian film sets are pernicious and persistent.
The camera department is headed by a director of photography (DOP or cinematographer), and is made up of a variety of positions including camera operators, camera assistants, gaffers and grips.
This percentage lifts slightly to the 4% observed in other industry data when we account for women who worked across multiple camera department roles including director of photography.
This discrepancy reveals how women DOPs are more likely than men to work across other (less prestigious) camera department roles.

What does a cinematographer look like?

Not surprisingly, the dominant and most successful in-group was Anglo-Celtic heterosexual men (37% of the total sample).
Another cohort, sharing some of the same features, is made up of heterosexual men from non-Anglo-Celtic ethnicities (34.5%).
(A small percentage of people were not able to be assigned to any of these groupings because of missing information.)

Workplace power

Experiences of discrimination and harassment tend to be found in the two “out-groups” and, to a lesser extent, among men from underrepresented ethnicities.
We found 88% of heterosexual women reported experiencing sexism, and 39% of respondents from the sexuality and gender minorities group reported experiencing homophobia.
Read more:
‘The number one barrier has probably been stigma’: the challenges facing disabled workers in the Australian screen industry

Rethinking the industry

Typical policies focus on the idea that individuals from under-represented groups can succeed if they get more training or personal skills development.
This means rethinking how the agencies and guilds that endorse the industry define its values, how the business and operational layers of the film industry work to reinforce discrimination, and how such inequitable production teams are brought together.
On the set and in the boardrooms where decisions are made, screen industry workplaces need to be regulated to ensure zero tolerance for toxic behaviours and structural discrimination.
He is a member of the Media, Arts and Entertainment Alliance, a union that represents workers in the screen industries.

Australians are living and working longer – but not necessarily healthier, new study shows

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Friday, July 28, 2023

Australians are living and working longer, but a longer working life doesn’t always come with equivalent gains in healthy life.

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Australians are living and working longer, but a longer working life doesn’t always come with equivalent gains in healthy life.
And while men and women experienced improvements in life expectancy, on average women are not gaining extra healthy life years.
Australians are being encouraged to extend their working life.

How we found our results

This is a longitudinal survey, meaning it seeks to interview the same households every year (about 17,000 people), enabling researchers to track life trajectories.
We identified two age groups within HILDA’s survey sample and followed each cohort for 10 years.
Read more:
Longevity app calculates your life expectancy – but will it make us healthier?

Differences by education

Typically we understand life expectancies to be calculated from birth, but they can be estimated for any age.
Our first graph shows healthy life expectancies according to school completion.
These estimates reflect the cumulative number of years a person will, on average, be healthy or unhealthy from age 50.
Across the two cohorts, those with low education lose 0.8 years of healthy life, while those with high education gain 0.8 years of healthy life.
In that study, women with low educational attainment appeared to have had negligible improvements in life expectancy and lost healthy life years.

Implications for governments and employers

When the pension was introduced in 1908, the qualifying age was 65 for men and 60 for women.
At the time, average life expectancy for Australians at birth was about 55 for men and 59 for women.
Now it exceeds 81 for men and 85 for women (though is considerably lower for some groups, notably Indigenous Australians).
To achieve longer working lives, workplaces will be need become more supportive of mature-age workers, including accommodating long-term health conditions.

It’s about time we start talking about menopause in the workplace.

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Wednesday, July 26, 2023

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This exclusive virtual event aims to provide valuable insight and expert advice on the challenges faced by women experiencing menopause.

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This exclusive virtual event aims to provide valuable insight and expert advice on the challenges faced by women experiencing menopause.
Menopause in the Workplace: How to Best Support Your Employees webinar is scheduled to take place Thursday, July 27th at 2 pm EST.
To enhance diversity, equity, and inclusion within companies, it’s time to eliminate the taboo of menopause and have an open conversation.
“We understand that employers may not know where to start or how to support employees dealing with menopause.

Hoyer Law Group Introduces Discounted Rates for Veterans!

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Saturday, July 22, 2023

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TAMPA, Fla., July 21, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Hoyer Law Group is pleased to announce discounted rates for veterans and military spouses needing assistance with federal employment matters.

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TAMPA, Fla., July 21, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Hoyer Law Group is pleased to announce discounted rates for veterans and military spouses needing assistance with federal employment matters.
We believe our veterans serve a vital role in our country and are often the very foundation of our local communities.
For that, we are forever grateful, and, as a small gesture, Hoyer Law Group is proud to introduce a 10% discount for all veterans and military spouses in need of our legal services.
We're happy to do everything we can to help protect the rights of veterans working for the federal government.

Greenberg Traurig Atlanta Welcomes Back Mellori E. Lumpkin-Dawson, Expands Labor & Employment and Litigation Practices

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Wednesday, July 19, 2023

ATLANTA, July 19, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Mellori E. Lumpkin-Dawson rejoined global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP's Atlanta office as of counsel in the Labor & Employment and Litigation Practices. Lumpkin-Dawson returns to the firm after four and a half years with the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Georgia.

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Mellori E. Lumpkin-Dawson rejoined global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP's Atlanta office as of counsel in the Labor & Employment and Litigation Practices.
ATLANTA, July 19, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Mellori E. Lumpkin-Dawson rejoined global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP 's Atlanta office as of counsel in the Labor & Employment and Litigation Practices.
Lumpkin-Dawson, who served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney and Civil Elder Justice Coordinator, now focuses on employment litigation at Greenberg Traurig.
"We are excited to welcome Mellori back to Greenberg Traurig's Atlanta office, enhancing our Labor & Employment Practice's significant litigation capabilities," said Richard J. Valladares, chair of Greenberg Traurig's Atlanta Business Litigation Group and Administrative Shareholder of the firm's Atlanta office.